Plans to bring a number of species back to the Elkhorn Slough are being worked on, and the Ocean Protection Council has approved 1.3 million dollars of funding to support the restoration. This restoration is designed to bring back the pickleweed, eelgrass, and oysters that provide vital roles in supporting fish, birds, and sea otters, as well as in taking up carbon dioxide and pollutants. Each of those species is the foundation of a distinctive coastal habitat, and the effort will employ a unique restoration approach in the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Elkhorn Slough supports more than 340 birds, 550 marine invertebrates, and 102 fish species.
