Over the past 150 years, human actions have altered the tidal, freshwater, and sediment processes that are essential to support and sustain Elkhorn Slough, a wetland in Monterey County that is both nationally and internationally significant. Speaker: Monique Fountain,Director of the Tidal Wetland Program, Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. Center for the Blue Economy Speaker Series, Middlebury Inst. of Intl. Studies. Free, open to public, no registration required. All details on the web--go.miis.edu/sustainability. For questions, contact Rachel C., Center for the Blue Economy, cbe@miis.edu, (831) 647-4183 (pls. leave message to receive call back).