A Bird's Eye View by Mike Stiles
Last month we discussed choices in birding optics. This month we will consider another important birding tool - the field guide. Read More
Elfin Forest Activities by Jean Wheeler
October tends to a very busy month for Small Wilderness Area Preservation (SWAP), the dedicated group that works to preserve and showcase El Moro Elfin Forest. The volunteer work party, known as the "Weed Warriors," meets from 9:00am to about noon on the first Saturday of each month - October 3rd this month. Anyone is welcome to join in helping to pull obnoxious, invading weeds and working on projects to reduce erosion. Wear comfortable shoes, long pants and sleeves, and park at the north end of 15th Street in Los Osos. As a courtesy to nearby homeowners, avoid parking near driveways and mailboxes. Read More
Exploring the Coast by Ruth Ann Angus
How many of you remember crystal radios? I know. I'm reaching way back in time. It's even before my time, but I remember my mother telling us how her brother used to build crystal radio sets. Now it never occurred to me when I grew up and took an interest in stones that the crystals growing in the depths of the earth had anything to do with those radio sets. But you know what? They did. Read More
Eye on the Estuary by the Morro Bay National Estuary Program
Spread out like grassy meadows on the mudflats at low tide, eelgrass beds comprise approximately 15% of the substrate of the bay. This submerged flowering plant grows throughout the protected shallow sub-tidal areas on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the United States and provides a valuable habitat. Eelgrass beds provide shelter and food for juvenile fish, mooring for fish eggs and the primary food source for black brant geese. Learn More
Let's Go Green by Lawson Schaller
There is a lot of talk these days about the carbon foot print. What size do you wear? Carbon footprint definitions vary, but is generally accepted as a measurement of the amount of carbon dioxide (and other carbons) that one's activity produces. This correlates to harmful green house gas emissions, reduction of natural resources, global warming etc. etc. There are carbon footprint calculators online. How do we minimize or reduce our carbon footprint? Consume less for starters. Read More
Why Sanctuary? by Andrew Christie
There can't be anyone left who still needs to hear that we face serious and escalating threats to ocean resources which, once lost, are likely to be irretrievable. It was out of recognition of that fact - and the fact that California's coast and marine environment generates more than $10 billion annually to the state's economy - that the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, the largest and most geographically diverse National Marine Sanctuary in the United States, was established in 1992, extending from the Marin Headlands to Santa Rosa Creek in San Luis Obispo County. Read More
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