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The best sea otter picture is one where the sea otters aren’t looking at the camera because they don’t even know you’re there. The photographer who captured this shot stayed quiet and kept far enough away from the otters so they could carry on resting, as they need to do to stay healthy.

Be Sea Otter Savvy 2: Guidelines for Observing Sea Otters Safely

Aug 23, 2019

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

Aug 16, 2019

Shows a volunteer conducting water quality monitoring

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

Aug 02, 2019

8:30 p.m. sunset sun rays

Photograph Friday: Slow-Motion Summer Sunset Over Morro Bay

Jul 26, 2019

Gena Bentall drives a boat during a sea otter study.

Meet Sea Otter Savvy

Jul 19, 2019

Photograph Friday: Red, White, and Blue

Jul 05, 2019

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

Jun 11, 2019

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

Jun 07, 2019

Document Morro Bay’s Biodiversity During Snapshot Cal Coast

May 31, 2019

Mystery species number 1

Morro Bay Wildlife Spotlight: Mystery Species Revealed

May 24, 2019