ABSTRACT: Estuarine wetlands have received little study in dry tropical and subtropical areas despite the fact that unpredictable rainfall makes their temporal continuity tenuous. In fact, many of ...

1. Despite covering a relatively small area on a global scale, estuarine tidal flats are vital to many aquatic bird species during much of the yearly cycle. Small-scale features of tidal flats, such ...

University of California researchers at the Davis and Santa Barbara campuses will receive $6 million in federal funds to develop much-needed health assessments for estuaries, the critical coastal ...

A draft environmental assessment filed with the state Office of Planning and Sustainable Development in September advances Kau wetland restoration that has been almost 20 years in the making. The Honu ...

Two local nonprofit leaders are praising Rep. Mike Levin, D-San Juan Capistrano, and others in Congress for introducing a bipartisan bill that would authorize $60 million annually to protect coastal ...

It’s no secret that the Aliso Creek estuary in Laguna Beach has and continues to suffer from the impact of urban development. The creek and estuary are part of a 35-mile watershed that begins in the ...

On Tuesday, Eureka city officials and partners broke ground on the Elk River Estuary project, which aims to restore and enhance estuary wetland habitat on 114 acres of city property. The project will ...

A new study has put a value on property damage from storms that can be prevented by coastal wetlands: $38 million per estuary. In all storm scenarios modeled by the study authors, wetlands reduced ...

ELKHORN SLOUGH >> Visitors focus on the sloughs and otters and other beautiful things. Then they think about how to preserve them. But we tend to forget what was there in the past, says Moss Landing ...

UCSC researcher Kerstin Wasson and volunteer Susanne Fork conduct a field survey of sea hare nudibranches at low tide on the lower Elkhorn Slough, CA. Kerstin Wasson 831-728-2822×310 ...