water quality

Field Updates August 2022: Tracking Seasonal Changes with Continuous Water Quality Data

Dispenser near Cuesta Inlet.

Mutts for the Bay Helps Keep Morro Bay Clean

Estuary Program Staff doing field work next to Morro rock

Field Updates July 2022: New and Upcoming Projects

Field Updates May 2022: Bioassessment Season Highlights 

EXO3 sonde in use at a creek site

Field Updates April 2022: Exploring Water Quality Data

A California Red-legged frog. Copyright Morro Bay National Estuary Program

Gearing Up for Spring Bioassessment Monitoring at the Estuary Program

Mike, a Dawn Patrol volunteer, records dissolved oxygen measurements while sampling in the Front Bay.

Field Updates February 2022: An Update on Estuary Health

Great egrets and snowy egrets gather in the Morro Bay estuary's saltmarsh to feed.

Photograph Friday: Three reasons to love Morro Bay and all our estuaries

Field Updates January 2022: Understanding Continuous Water Quality Data

A steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) was captured from the Chorro Creek sub-watershed and measured before safely being released back into the water.

Field Updates December 2021: Water Quality Monitoring and Local Steelhead Populations