Elkhorn Slough Foundation (ESF)

ESF- page describing ESF Location/general

Central coast-biggest track of tidal marsh n CA outside of SF bay Home to 135 aquatic bird, 550 marine invertebrate, and 102 fish species Includes freshwater wetlands, coastal prairie, and maritime chaparral The slough has the largest electric power generating plant in California The slough has one of the most active fishing ports in California, three state highways and a Union Pacific Railroad going through it -can we put the map from the website on here that delineates all the acquired land and protected/soon to be protected areas?

land acquisitions in the ES watershed partners:

California Department of Fish and Game (CDF)

The Natural Resources Conservation Service The Resource Conservation District of Monterey County The California Coastal Conservancy The Nature Conservancy -has successfully acquired (through donations and purchases) 5,500 acres of land surrounding the slough to better protect the reserve -they acquire this land to protect the slough from surrounding pollution/runnoff