El Moro Elfin Forest is a 90-acre natural area belonging to San Luis Obispo County Parks and California State Parks. A boardwalk loop provides wheelchair access and protects sensitive habitat. The forest supports more than 200 species of plants, 110 different birds, 22 kinds of mammals, and 13 species of reptiles and amphibians. It is home to rare plants, butterflies, snails, and birds. Chumash middens occur throughout the Elfin Forest.
Welcome to El Moro Elfin Forest
Friends of El Moro Elfin Forest
The Los Osos/Morro Bay Chapter of Small Wilderness Area Preservation (SWAP) helped secure the land and "adopted" the Forest in 1994. The Chapter changed its name to Friends of El Moro Elfin Forest (FEMEF) in 2020.
Our mission: to preserve and maintain the El Moro Elfin Forest Natural Area; to inform and educate about the natural history of the Elfin Forest and the Morro Bay estuary; and to promote and support scientific research in the Forest.
Friends of El Moro Elfin Forest
P.O. Box 6442
Los Osos, CA 93412
