national estuary program

National Estuary Program Highlight Series: The Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership

Mar 15, 2024

National Estuary Program Highlight Series: Indian River Lagoon

Sep 22, 2023

National Estuary Program Highlight Series: Puget Sound Partnership

Jul 28, 2023

National Estuaries Week: How the Estuary Program is Celebrating Now & Planning for the Future

Sep 16, 2022

MORRO BAY ESTUARY POETRY CONTEST 2020: STUDENT WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Jul 10, 2020

Photograph Friday: Appreciating Our Corner of the Earth

Apr 24, 2020

A rainbow arches over Morro Rock on a February morning.

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

Feb 22, 2019

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

Director’s Desk: #IHeartEstuaries 2019 in Morro Bay

Feb 15, 2019

Once the water levels dropped to safe wading levels, we went out to check on equipment and measure stream flow on Pennington Creek. This is at the site that previously had a fish passage barrier. The barrier was removed over the fall, opening up miles of Pennington Creek for migrating steelhead trout. Partners at other organizations have seen returning adult steelhead in a few other creeks in the county, so we are keeping our eyes open for ones in our watershed as well.

Field Updates January 2019: Eelgrass, Stormy Monitoring, Wildlife

Feb 01, 2019

Bernie Kurtz's painting, Morro Bay Estuary, was inspired by the view of the sun reflecting off the water and backlighting the brush. She painted it at the corner of Main St. and South Bay Boulevard in Morro Bay.

Local painters celebrate the Central Coast and give back to Morro Bay

Jan 25, 2019