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Earth Day in Morro Bay 2019: Biodiversity and Blue Carbon

Get Ready for Clean Boating on Morro Bay

A view of Morro Rock over a long stretch of dunes on the sandspit.

Get Inspired by History: Morro Bay Estuary Poetry Contest 2019

Plastic waste is compacted and bound together for transport.

The business of recycling: How international policy has changed what you can recycle at the curb in California

We'll help keep beautiful Windy Cove, pictured above, and the Morro Bay State Park Marina clean.

Film: Community makes history in Of Marshes and Morros

We found this injured bird, which we later discovered was a red-throated loon, lying injured on the wet sand of Morro Strand Beach.

The Red-Throated Loon and Pacific Wildlife Care

A picture from the bridge at our monitoring site on Canet Road, overlooking Chorro Creek. What a difference a week and some good rain storms will do!

Field Updates February 2019: Wet weather, eelgrass restoration, and creek monitoring

A rainbow arches over Morro Rock on a February morning.

Photograph Friday: Morro Baycam Captures Rainbow, Moonset, and Noctilucent Cloud

Locals and visitors alike enjoy walking along the estuary at sunset.

Director’s Desk: #IHeartEstuaries 2019 in Morro Bay

Sacramento pikeminnow are a non-native voracious predator found in Chorro Creek. This pikeminnow is an adult that is about 20 inches long.

Chorro Creek: home to steelhead and voracious non-native pikeminnow