Blog Posts

We picked up 18 pounds of trash from the sandspit, which is essential habitat for many birds, including the snowy plover.

Give a Day for the Bay Success by the Numbers

Doreen rakes the path along the water’s edge. Photograph courtesy of Ruth Ann Angus.

Give a Day for the Bay with Eco Rotary

Microbeads and other microplastics show up on beaches worldwide.

Microbeads and Ocean Pollution

A Celebration to Remember

Sea Otter Awareness Week 2015

Thomas, a long-term volunteer with Morro Bay in Bloom, surveys the succulent bed at the top of Centennial Parkway’s staircase.

Give a Day for the Bay with Morro Bay in Bloom

National Estuaries Week Starts Strong and Ends with a Party!

Restoration Projects Manager, Jen Nix (on right) readies materials for our eelgrass seed dispersal project.

Understanding Eelgrass Decline and Evaluating Restoration Activities

A small waterfall with healthy Poison Oak (Toxidendron rydbergii) pictured in the foreground, growing along Chorro Creek. Poison oak is a native plant that some consider beautiful.

Assessing the quality of aquatic habitats with CRAM

A harbor seal rests in the bay, beneath a sky full of smoke. Photograph by Ruth Ann Angus, August, 1994.

Fire and the Morro Bay National Estuary