Elkhorn Slough has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior, money to help restore approximately 63 acres of tidal wetlands.

The $2.2 million in funding comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law with funding leveraged by the Inflation Reduction Act. It aims to bring back species across an entire coastal landscape ...

Elkhorn Slough is home to the largest tract of tidal salt marsh in the state outside of San Francisco Bay. But its marshes are sinking. In the 1930s, the wetland was diked, drained and used for ...

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 ...

Graduate student Brent Hughes examines algae (green sea lettuce) from Elkhorn Slough, an indicator of high nutrient levels. Photo by Monique Fountain. On this map of Elkhorn Slough estuary showing the ...

According to one of the most comprehensive studies of our coastal estuaries and wetlands the Elkhorn Slough has lost nearly 70 percent of its original wetlands. Skip to content.

Much of the Elkhorn Slough estuary was diked in the past to cut off tidal exchange and allow for farming in former wetlands.

MOSS LANDING — Elkhorn Slough has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior, which will be used to help restore approximately 63 acres—about 83 football fields—of t… ...

Much of the Elkhorn Slough estuary was diked in the past to cut off tidal exchange and allow for farming in former wetlands. Many of these areas still have only limited tidal exchange today.

MOSS LANDING — Elkhorn Slough has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior, which will be used to help restore approximately 63 acres—about 83 football fields—of ...

Much of the Elkhorn Slough estuary was diked in the past to cut off tidal exchange and allow for farming in former wetlands. Many of these areas still have only limited tidal exchange today.