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Piedreas Blancas is an important elephant seal rookery. Friends of the Elephant Seal is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating people about elephant seals and other marine life. California's marine protected areas encourage recreational and educational uses of the ocean. [ 7 ]
The largest elephant seal rookery on the West Coast is located about a mile south of the lighthouse along California Highway One. [10] A few animals began using the rookery in 1990. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] A large parking area and boardwalk offer easy access to view the elephant seals.
More than 5,000 pups are expected to be born in the Piedras Blancas rookery before the breeding season is over in mid-March. First elephant seal pups of season born at SLO County beaches. Here’s ...
There’s a reason the male elephant seals lounging on the sand look a bit ratty. Bull elephant seals take over SLO County beaches. How will they spend the rest of summer?
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Año Nuevo State Park is the site of one of the largest mainland breeding colonies for the northern elephant seal (another is in Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area—100 miles (161 km) south near the town of Cambria and the San Simeon approach to Hearst Castle). The seals attract so much interest that early ...
Piedras Blancas State Marine Conservation Area and seal colony Tidepool at North Moonstone beach, in the southern part of the State Park. Giant Green anemones with black tegula snails. Hearst San Simeon State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving rocky coast and rare habitats. It is located between Cambria and San Simeon.