Tag: Elkhorn Slough Fri, March 19, 2010
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“See How the Sacred Old Flamingoes Come…”
Feb 10, 2010, by Danny Wool NewsMysterious, tagged flamingo appears in Elkhorn Slough.
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Elkhorn Slough The Problem Child of Monterey Bay
Oct 12, 2009, by Curtis Cartier Environment
As the midmorning sun burns off the hazy remnants of fog over Elkhorn Slough, the estuary comes to life in the same way it has for thousands of years. Herons glide low over the top of the chilly water, otters scoop up clams from the floor and each step along the reed-edged hiking path sends an unseen critter scuttling loudly into the brush. A visitor might find it hard to believe that, according to a recent report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, this is the most damaged ecosystem in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
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Mercury Found in Coastal Groundwater
Jun 08, 2009, by Curtis Cartier Environment
Scientists at UCSC have discovered high levels of an ultra-toxic form of mercury in the groundwater of two coastal sites in California. The groundwater flows, they say, show a previously unknown source for what have been mysteriously high levels of mercury recently found in marine environments and in seafood.
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Scientists Debate Strategy at Elkhorn
May 04, 2009, by Alastair Bland Environment
The wetland system of Elkhorn Slough has undergone dramatic change for decades, but now a group of local scientists and conservationists is revving up a restoration project aimed at reversing many of these alterations and letting one of California’s largest marshlands revert back to the ecosystem it once was. However, no one quite knows what Elkhorn Slough’s truly “natural” state ever really was, and activists are at odds over precisely what treatments the slough really needs, if any at all.
