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The Monterey County Herald on MSN17h
Community survey reveals shortcomings in emergency notifications during Vistra fire
The survey, completed by 1,539 individuals, indicates that 83% experienced at least one symptom, most commonly headaches, ...
Local News Matters on MSN4mon
Elevated levels of heavy metals measured in Elkhorn Slough following battery plant blaze
FILE: River otters swim in the harbor near the entrance to Elkhorn Slough in Moss Landing on Aug. 13, 2016. The slough is ...
CBS News4mon
Elevated levels of heavy metals found in Elkhorn Slough following Northern California lithium battery facility fire
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 at ...
Mercury News1y
Where California sea otters go, coastal erosion rates slow
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. Mark Silberstein was living on a ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel2y
NOAA approves $2.2M to restore Elkhorn Slough
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 ...
KSBW The Central Coast1y
Elkhorn Slough Reserve receives state funding to combat climate damage
A celebration for $1 million of state funding for the Elkhorn Slough climate resiliency project was held Monday.The grant was secured by California State Assembly Member Dawn Addis and California ...
CBS News1y
Researchers restoring California salt marshes from effects of climate change
Near Monterey Bay within the Elkhorn Slough Reserve, a restoration project is now underway that may show the world how to protect and make salt marshes more resilient to the rising seas.
East Bay Times5mon
Elkhorn Slough researchers find sea otter population helps stop invasion of green crabs
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 ...
The Washington Post5mon
Green crabs have invaded habitats. Sea otters might be the solution.
But at California’s Elkhorn Slough, a reserve where about 120 southern sea otters live, the cute apex predators have led to green crabs’ demise by eating up to 120,000 of the invasive species ...
USA Today5mon
Out-of-control invasive species has met its match: Cute and hungry otters
At Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a newly-reinvigorated population of native southern sea otters has eaten so many invasive European green crabs that researchers say the ...
ABC News1y
Sea otters, once hunted to near extinction, are preventing coastal erosion as their populations grow, study finds
Southern Sea Otter floats on it's back in Elkhorn Slough near Monterey, California STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images Known for their voracious appetite, sea otters are indulging in a buffet of the ...
NBC Bay Area4mon
Elevated levels of heavy metals found in Elkhorn Slough following battery storage fire
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 at ...