Much of the Elkhorn Slough estuary was diked in the past to cut off tidal exchange and allow for farming in former wetlands. Many of these areas still have only limited tidal exchange today.

Nickel, cobalt and manganese, found in lithium-ion batteries, increased dramatically at Elkhorn Slough after the fire ...

The flames have died down at the Moss Landing battery storage plant in Monterey County after a massive fire last month.

The conservancy first purchased the wetlands for conservation in 1971, transferring 750 acres to the Elkhorn Slough Foundation in 2012 for continued management. Dr. Aiello said it was important to ...

ELKHORN SLOUGH ... helping protect and restore wetlands. It was led by local researchers who developed many of the techniques used in the project at Elkhorn Slough. “We had learned so much ...

The discovery of battery toxins in the soils at Elkhorn Slough, a protected network of wetlands, creeks, and wildlife habitat popular with birders and kayakers, turned up attention on the impact ...

The San Francisco Bay and Elkhorn Slough were named as Ramsar sites in 2013 and 2018 respectively. World Wetlands Day was officially recognized by the United Nations as an international day in 2021.

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 ...