morro bay

The Morro Bay Watershed Native Plant Series

This image from 1999 shows a large flock of Black Brant overhead. Brant are no longer coming to Morro Bay in these numbers.

Morro Bay’s Black Brant: Monitoring the Status of a Bay Icon

Field Updates January 2018

Tim, a Watershed Stewards Program member, plants seeds.

2017 Accomplishments: Eelgrass Restoration Update

Pennington Creek waterfall closeup

2017 Accomplishments: Collaborating for a Healthy Pennington Creek

Western snowy plover. Photograph by Pacific Southwest Region Fish and Wildlife Service, via Flickr.

2017 Accomplishments: Community Projects Funded

We also spotted this crab in the eelgrass.

Field Updates December 2017

Director’s Desk Year-End Reflections 2017: Collaborating for Morro Bay

These are snail larvae in a sample taken from Morro Bay, illuminated in a microscope.

What are those snails in Morro Bay? Investigating the bubble snail boom

Our Field Technician, Kelley, and two CalPoly student volunteers work on measuring blade length and taking photos.

Field Updates November 2017