Blog Posts

Three western pond turtles sunbathe at Sweet Springs Nature Preserve. Photograph by Jerry Kirkhart, via Flickr Creative Commons License.

Morro Bay Wildlife Spotlight: Western Pond Turtle

Red willow grow in and along many of our local creek banks. They help stabilize the creek banks, reducing erosion.

Photograph Friday: Native Trees Around the Morro Bay Estuary

Earth Day in Morro Bay 2019: Biodiversity and Blue Carbon

Get Ready for Clean Boating on Morro Bay

Plastic waste is compacted and bound together for transport.

The business of recycling: How international policy has changed what you can recycle at the curb in California

Best spring hikes around the Morro Bay estuary

A picture from the bridge at our monitoring site on Canet Road, overlooking Chorro Creek. What a difference a week and some good rain storms will do!

Field Updates February 2019: Wet weather, eelgrass restoration, and creek monitoring

Locals and visitors alike enjoy walking along the estuary at sunset.

Director’s Desk: #IHeartEstuaries 2019 in Morro Bay

Once the water levels dropped to safe wading levels, we went out to check on equipment and measure stream flow on Pennington Creek. This is at the site that previously had a fish passage barrier. The barrier was removed over the fall, opening up miles of Pennington Creek for migrating steelhead trout. Partners at other organizations have seen returning adult steelhead in a few other creeks in the county, so we are keeping our eyes open for ones in our watershed as well.

Field Updates January 2019: Eelgrass, Stormy Monitoring, Wildlife

Bernie Kurtz's painting, Morro Bay Estuary, was inspired by the view of the sun reflecting off the water and backlighting the brush. She painted it at the corner of Main St. and South Bay Boulevard in Morro Bay.

Local painters celebrate the Central Coast and give back to Morro Bay