News of our Estuary
Posted by Jamie Boucher
on Sep 27, 2011
Adriane Harris, Director of the Morro Bay National Estuary Program, gave us a snapshot of "State of our Estuary". As one of only 28 nationally recognized Estuaries, we are easily one of the smallest but also probably the most pristine. Their mission is to Protect and Restore the Morro Bay Estuary and Watershed for People and Wildlife. In order to achieve this, they strive to protect habitat and water quality; to understand through monitoring and research; to restore habitat and water quality; and to educate the community to become empowered. As such, they have a very strong volunteer corp - over 100 strong - who monitor water quality studies which then tell us how the health of our local streams are - anything that impacts the streams by definition, impacts the Estuary. Their offices are located upstairs in the Marina Square where the Estuary Nature Center also calls home. There, locals and visitors alike can visit and learn all about our local and national Estuary system. They encourage anybody interested in registering for their mailing list, in their many volunteer opportunities or learning about the water quality of our Estuary to visit their website: www.mbnep.org .