Elkhorn Slough provides in Moss Landing provides one of the places on the Central Coast to explore King Tides.

NOAA approves $2.2M to restore Elkhorn Slough New funding and partnerships will bring back lost coastal habitats Elkhorn Slough contains California’s largest tidal salt marsh south of San Francisco.

NOAA approves $2.2M to restore Elkhorn Slough New funding and partnerships will bring back lost coastal habitats Elkhorn Slough contains California’s largest tidal salt marsh south of San Francisco.

A recent study was published in the scientific journal Biological Invasions, detailing that otters at the Elkhorn Slough are keeping populations of globally invasive green crab at bay.

Elkhorn Slough is a special place. Snaking 7 miles inland from Moss Landing, the protected tidal marshland encompasses over 4,200 acres of diverse ecosystems.

"We are here to bring back oysters to Elkhorn Slough where they have lived for millennia," explained Dr. Kerstin Wasson, who heads up the pioneering restoration project at the slough and works for ...

Elevated concentrations of heavy metals have been detected at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve following a recent fire.

SAN FRANCISCO – A California ecosystem has gotten a big boost from an adorable, fluffy and hungry friend. At Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a newly-reinvigorated population ...

UC Santa Cruz researchers are monitoring sea otters at Elkhorn Slough for potential impacts from the Moss Landing battery plant fire.

They may wear fur coats instead of red capes. But these sea otters are still environmental super heroes, helping to restore scenic Elkhorn Slough near Moss Landing on Monterey Bay.

Remarkable changes have occurred in the landscape as these adorable animals recolonize their former habitat in the Elkhorn Slough, a salt marsh-dominated coastal estuary in Monterey County.

What to Know Sea Otter Awareness Week Sept. 22-28, 2024 Events online, as well as an open house on Sept. 28 at Elkhorn Slough Reserve in Moss Landing, are on the schedule ...