FEMEF has put together a small collection of aerial photographs from various sources showing the Elfin Forest over time. The earliest is by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture from 1937 (compliments of Morro Bay National Estuary Program). Most are from the early efforts to purchase and establish the Elfin Forest Natural Area or flown were for FEMEF so we can see how the restoration of the Forest is progressing. Below is a selection of aerials that best show the effects of time. These photos have been cropped and rotated to show the same area and pretty much overlay each other. Due to the vagaries of aerial photography the overlay is only approximate.
| * The 2009 image was shot with a special multi-spectral IR film for MBNEP looking to plot the extent of Eelgrass in the Bay and displays some plants as light blue rather than green. |