Elkhorn Slough provides in Moss Landing provides one of the places on the Central Coast to explore King Tides.

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 ...

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… ...

NOAA approves $2.2M to restore Elkhorn Slough New funding and partnerships will bring back lost coastal habitats Elkhorn Slough contains California’s largest tidal salt marsh south of San Francisco.

Elkhorn Slough is a special place. Snaking 7 miles inland from Moss Landing, the protected tidal marshland encompasses over 4,200 acres of diverse ecosystems.

Elevated concentrations of heavy metals have been detected at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve by scientists from San Jose State University’s Moss Landing Marine Laboratories following a recent fire ...

NOAA approves $2.2M to restore Elkhorn Slough New funding and partnerships will bring back lost coastal habitats Elkhorn Slough contains California’s largest tidal salt marsh south of San Francisco.

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 ...

The Elkhorn Slough received a designation as a “wetland of international importance” under the Ramsar Convention of Wetlands in a ceremony on Friday. (Vern Fisher – Monterey Herald) ...

A new study documents the effects of high nutrient levels in Elkhorn Slough, especially where water control structures limit tidal exchange.

Elkhorn Slough has remained relatively undisturbed while other coastal wetlands are rapidly disappearing, which accounts for the concentration of endangered species here.

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 ...