ELKHORN SLOUGH — Although sea otters are an unofficial mascot of the Monterey Bay area and popular among tourists and locals alike, they are also described by scientists as voracious predators ...

MOSS LANDING>> The Elkhorn Slough is booming with baby sea otters, which is a good thing for the ecosystem and the animals, scientists say. The estuary is home to 12 otter pups of varying ages ...

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.

Elkhorn Slough research coordinator Kerstin Wasson sets up a blue carbon monitoring station in the Phase 1 restoration site at Hester Marsh. (Nikk Ogasa — Herald Correspondent) ...

Elkhorn Slough research coordinator Kerstin Wasson holds up pieces of the white, brittle crust — dead algae — that has grown in high levels at Watsonville’s Elkhorn Slough since the 1970s ...

MOSS LANDING — As Congressman Jimmy Panetta stepped up on the podium at a ceremony last week at Hester Marsh, pelicans glided behind him to a landing near bobbing otters. The flurry of wildli… ...

Excessive nutrient levels in Elkhorn Slough cause algal blooms and degrade the habitat for fish and wildlife in many parts of the slough. In the first thorough assessment of the effects of high ...

Quick: Can you name the second-largest tidal saltwater marsh system outside of San Francisco Bay? Neither could I, until I pulled off of Highway 1 on a whim one lazy afternoon on my way home from ...

Elkhorn Slough, 1700 Elkhorn Road, Watsonville, CA 95076, (831) 728-2822; www.elkhornslough.org. The slough is 19 miles north of Monterey. From California 1, take the Moss Landing exit. Turn east ...

WATSONVILLE – As scientist Kerstin Wasson trudges along the banks of Elkhorn Slough, her rubber boots crunch through a white, brittle crust of dead algae that encircles nearly the entire shoreline.