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Moro Cojo Slough Protected
(click here for full text of Press Release)

photos by Greg Hofmann

This view looks over Moro Cojo to the Tottino property, which is the band of land behind the red-colored island.


This photo, taken from the Tottino property, gives a good sense of its relationship to Moro Cojo Slough and to Moss Landing. The creek in the foreground separates the Catellus and Tottino properties.



The Tottino property lies between Moro Cojo Slough in the foreground and active ag fields in the background.



A levee keeps the waters of Moro Cojo from the Tottino ag fields.


The Elkhorn Slough Foundation plans to restore the fallow fields of the Tottino property to a more natural state.


The Catellus property, adjacent to Tottino, gives a sense of what the newly acquired lands might become in time.


The grasslands near Moro Cojo are a prime hunting area for raptors such as Red-tailed Hawks and White-tailed Kites. This Red-tail is using one of several perches put in place as part of our restoration program.


Canada Geese also use Moro Cojo - this group is near a large man-made pond near Highway 1 called Goose Lake.


This rare variety of Owl's Clover is found in only a few locations along the Central Coast, and one of them is the Catellus property.


Another view of the Catellus property shows the potential for restored lands adjacent to Moro Cojo.


The Tottino and Catellus properties south of Moro Cojo are outlined in yellow. The areas outlined in green are other protected lands in the Elkhorn Slough watershed.

 

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