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Mapping eelgrass and algae The Estuary Program has been mapping submerged vegetation, such as eelgrass and algae, for more than fifteen years. This is done by having a plane fly over the bay taking a series of images, including a multispectral image.

We try to repeat this survey about every other year, with being an eelgrass flight year. Multispectral imagery Multispectral imagery is produced by sensors that measure the reflected energy within several bands of the electromagnetic signature, usually capturing light not visible to our eyes. You can …. Eelgrass fieldwork depends on tides Fall is a busy eelgrass season for field staff at the Estuary Program.

The exact timing of our field work depends on when the good low-tides occur, which varies slightly from year to year. This year, October had a few days that had tides low enough to expose the eelgrass during daylight hours.

We were glad to see good tides in combination with good timing because we have a few different projects going on. Monitoring permanent eelgrass plots First …. As summer winds down here along the Central Coast, schools are back in session and fall is just around the corner.

Though this time of year is slower for field work as most of the field team is busy entering data and writing reports on our various projects, we still got to check out a few different places in our beautiful watershed. Creeks Our long-term monitoring program in the creeks continues with our staff and the help of volunteers. To see what we use the data we gather for, or learn more about what we do out at …. Estuary Program staff and many of our partners, including the California Conservation Corps, the Watershed Stewards Program, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, have been hard at work on a large-scale floodplain restoration project in the Morro Bay watershed.

This Labor Day, we are sharing a few photographs from the project site to celebrate the efforts of everyone involved in this project. Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

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