Blog Posts

Karissa with fins

November Field Updates, 2016

Dec 02, 2016

Giving Thanks at the Morro Bay National Estuary Program

Nov 24, 2016

Water levels in the salt marsh depend on the tides. Here, California horn snails are visible in a pool left behind as the tide went out.

Photo Friday: Focus on Water

Nov 18, 2016

California’s Plastic Bag Ban and Morro Bay

Nov 11, 2016

Here, Shane places the quadrat at meter 75 of our 150-meter transect.

October Field Updates, 2016

Nov 04, 2016

Karen stands at Windy Cove.

2016 Volunteers of the Year

Oct 29, 2016

Bay-Friendly Halloween 2016

Oct 21, 2016

While pressure transducers and other automated equipment collect important data, much of our long-term dataset is collected by hand. Volunteers measure water quality each month by going out to creek or bay sites with equipment in hand. They take note of things like water temperature, dissolved oxygen content, and other measures that indicate creek health.

Where is the water? Tracking water in our creeks

Oct 14, 2016

September Field Updates

Oct 07, 2016

Exploring the History of Morro Bay

Sep 30, 2016