America's Great Outdoors
The Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is located on the south shore of Cape Cod Massachusetts. The reserve’s more than 2,700 acres encompass open waters, salt and fresh marshes, barrier beaches, sand dunes, rivers, mixed pine and oak forests, and sandplain grasslands.Don’t miss this Waquuoit Bay reserve free’s family program in celebration of National Estuaries Day on Sept. 29.Photo: NOAA 

The Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is located on the south shore of Cape Cod Massachusetts. The reserve’s more than 2,700 acres encompass open waters, salt and fresh marshes, barrier beaches, sand dunes, rivers, mixed pine and oak forests, and sandplain grasslands.

Don’t miss this Waquuoit Bay reserve free’s family program in celebration of National Estuaries Day on Sept. 29.

Photo: NOAA 

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In a major snowy owl irruption, these beautiful Arctic owls have been overwintering at refuges across the lower 48 states, from Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon to Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts. This male snowy owl was photographed near Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge in Illinois on Jan. 27. Photo: John Schwegman

In a major snowy owl irruption, these beautiful Arctic owls have been overwintering at refuges across the lower 48 states, from Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon to Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts. This male snowy owl was photographed near Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge in Illinois on Jan. 27.

Photo: John Schwegman

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