morro bay national estuary program

Cuesta College dives in to help study eelgrass declines in Morro Bay

Lower Chorro Creek

Field Updates, August 2019: Creeks, Stream Profile Survey, Upper Watershed Views

The smoke plume grows as the Highway 41 fire spreads. Photograph by Ruth Ann Angus, August 1994.

Twenty-Five Years After the Highway 41 Fire of August 1994

Shows a volunteer conducting water quality monitoring

Field Updates, June & July 2019: Creeks, Road Restoration, Eelgrass

8:30 p.m. sunset sun rays

Photograph Friday: Slow-Motion Summer Sunset Over Morro Bay

The truth about sunscreen: its effects on us and the environment

Two members from the Watershed Stewards Program lay out eelgrass blades on a white board for counting and photographing.

Field updates April & May 2019: Monitoring Eelgrass and Creek Health

Mystery species number 1

Morro Bay Wildlife Spotlight: Mystery Species Revealed

Mystery species number 3

Photograph Friday: Morro Bay Mystery Species Contest

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