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