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California King Tides Project: Photograph the Future January 1–3, 2022

Here is a funnel web with a spider at its entrance. Picture by Tony Iwane, shared via Flickr under Creative Commons license.

Contribute to Creepy Crawly Community Science Projects

A plastic sand toy left on rocks at the beach.

Community Scientists Make a Difference for Morro Bay

Monarch butterflies cluster on eucalyptus leaves in Sweet Springs Nature Preserve. Photograph courtesy of Michael "Mike" L. Baird, bairdphotos.com by Flickr Creative Commons license.

Western Monarchs Need Our Help: Monarch Migration and Population Decline

Monarch butterflies cluster on eucalyptus leaves in Sweet Springs Nature Preserve. Photograph courtesy of Michael "Mike" L. Baird, bairdphotos.com by Flickr Creative Commons license.

Western Monarchs Need Our Help: Reasons for Monarch Decline and What You Can Do

This image shows the stairway to the beach at Tidelands Park. An ultra-low tide is pictured on the left and an ultra-high tide on the right.

Help Scientists See the Future: California King Tides Project 2020 to 2021

Monitoring Coordinator, Makenzie, sports a mask during fieldwork.

Director’s Desk: We Are Still Here, Monitoring, Restoring, Educating

Cerberilla pungoarena in Morro Bay. Copyright passiflora4, Laura Schachterle and Thomas Hintz.

Rare Nudibranch! Two Citizen Scientists find Cerberilla pungoarena in the Morro Bay Estuary

windy cove king tide 2019

Help Scientists See the Future: California King Tides Project 2020

Monarch butterflies cluster on eucalyptus leaves in Sweet Springs Nature Preserve. Photograph courtesy of Michael "Mike" L. Baird, bairdphotos.com by Flickr Creative Commons license.

Help Scientists Track the Dwindling Population of Monarch Butterflies