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The National Estuarine Research Reserve System protects more than 1.3 million acres in 28 reserves in 22 states and Puerto Rico.

Northeast + Wells, ME + Great Bay, NH + Waquoit Bay, MA + Narragansett Bay, RI + Hudson River, NY Mid Atlantic + Jacques Cousteau, NJ + Delaware + Chesapeake Bay, MD + Chesapeake Bay, VA Southeast + North Carolina + North Inlet-Winyah, SC + ACE Basin, SC + Sapelo Island, GA + GTM, FL		Great Lakes + Old Woman Creek, OH + Lake Superior, WI Caribbean + Jobos Bay, PR Gulf of Mexico + Rookery Bay, FL + Apalachicola, FL + Weeks Bay, AL + Grand Bay, MS + Mission-Aransas, TX West Coast + Kachemak Bay, AK + Padilla Bay, WA + South Slough, OR + San Francisco, CA + Elkhorn Slough, CA + Tijuana River, CA

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Coastal Training at Weeks Bay Reserve

Weeks Bay CTP
Established: 2003

Select CTP Partners
Grand Bay NERR
Mobile Bay National Estuary
   Program
Coastal Alabama Clean
   Water Partnership
Mississippi/Alabama Sea
   Grant
Alabama Coastal
   Foundation

Weeks Bay Web Link
http://www.outdooralabama.
com/public-ands/
stateLands/WeeksBay/

"This training was an excellent workshop with good attendance from a wide range of partners and consultants."

-Workshop Participant

Weeks Bay CTP incorportates the strengths of Weeks Bay NERR to benefit coastal resource managers with over 20 years of research and science-based outreach. The training needs of partners and target audiences are assessed frequently in order to align services to specific needs within coastal Alabama and adjacent areas.

Training Events & Audiences

Land Conservation and Financial Strategies
   Coastal resource managers, landowners, foresters,
    consultants
Wetland Rapid Assessment Procedures
   Coastal resource managers, consultants, state regulators
Implementing "No Adverse Impact" Floodplain Management in the Coastal Zone
   Floodplain managers, municipal staff, planners
and developers

Last Updated on: Wednesday, February 09, 2011


Success Story Training Profile
Reserve CTP ACE Basin, SC Apalachicola, FL Chesapeake Bay, MD Chesapeake Bay, VA Delaware Elkhorn Slough, CA Grand Bay, MS Great Bay, NH GTM, FL Hudson River, NY Jacques Cousteau, NJ Jobos Bay, PR Kachemak Bay, AK Mission-Aransas, TX Narragansett Bay, RI North Carolina North Inlet-Winyah, SC Old Woman Creek, OH Padilla Bay, WA Rookery Bay, FL San Francisco, CA Sapelo Island, GA South Slough, OR Tijuana River, CA Waquoit Bay, MA Weeks Bay, AL Wells, ME Overview What is CTP? Why Are We Here? Program Goal How We Are Organized? Audiences Coastal Management Issues Land Use Planning Water Quality Stormwater Management Key Partners Training Calendar Case Studies Training Profiles Reserve Examples WA Climate Change Training Great Lakes Climate Training Publications
	For more information contact Matt.Chasse@noaa.gov