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.

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) ...

Located in Moss Landing inside Monterey Bay, Elkhorn Slough is one of the prime places in North America for viewing wildlife. Best explored from a kayak or stand-up paddleboard, the seven-mile-long ...

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 — 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… ...

MOSS LANDING – The restoration of Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve will get an infusion of new funding to support the initiative from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

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 ...

Elkhorn Slough provides in Moss Landing provides one of the places on the Central Coast to explore King Tides.California Department of Fish and Wildlife guides provide walking tours of the estuary ...

Otter pups frolicking, pelicans swooping — this 7-mile tidal marsh is a spectacular spot to kayak amid wildlife.

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 ...

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