nerrs.noaa.gov - Research

The National Estuarine Research Reserve System is a partnership of NOAA and coastal states to study and protect vital coastal and estuarine resources.

Overview Funding History Management Plans & Site Profiles Key Documents & Partners Strategic Plan Legislation		Regulations Designation + Process + Future Designations + Bioregions + Bioregions Map

Reserve research and monitoring programs provide a robust foundation for effective national, regional, and local coastal zone management.

System-Wide + Overview of Research & Monitoring + System-wide Monitoring Program + NERRS Science Collaborative Opportunities + Graduate Research Fellowships		Resources + Research & Monitoring Data + Research Monitoring Products + Research Partners + Contact Research Coordinators Reserve-based + Reserve Research

Graduate Fellows use reserves as living laboratories to address coastal management needs in the natural and social sciences.

System-Wide + Program Background + FAQs Opportunities + Openings + Program Application + Announcements		Resources + Final Report Library + Current Fellows Reserve-based + Current Fellows + Coordinator Directory

Reserves provide educational & outreach activities that advance estuary literacy and engage educators, students and the general public to practice coastal stewardship.

System-Wide + Education Network + Estuaries.noaa.gov Opportunities + K-12 Education Programs + Community Education + Public Outreach + How You Can Help		Resources + About Estuaries + Videos & Games + Real-time Data & Maps + Publications Reserve-based + Reserve Education

The Coastal Training Program provides science-based information and training to support those who make decisions that affect coastal resources.

System-Wide + Overview + Audiences + Coastal Management Issues Opportunities + Key Partners + Training Calendar		Resources + Case Studies + Training Profiles + Publications Reserve-based + Reserve CTP

Reserve Stewardship programs integrate science, monitoring and communities to protect, manage, and restore coastal habitats.

System-Wide + Ecological Changes + Water Quality + Habitat Alteration Opportunities + Restoration + Mapping + Land Acquisition		Resources + Habitat Mapping and Change + Restoration Science + Land Acquisition + Publications Reserve-based + Reserve Stewardship

- News and listings of events, activities and achievements from throughout the National Estuarine Research Reserve System.
  
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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

Research & Monitoring

Research Coordinators' Directory

Reserve	Name	Email
ACE Basin, SC	Leffler,John	LefflerJ@dnr.sc.gov
Apalachicola, FL	Harper,Jennifer	Jennifer.Harper@dep.state.fl.us
Chesapeake Bay, MD	Delgado,Patricia	pdelgado@dnr.state.md.us
Chesapeake Bay, VA	Moore,Ken	moore@vims.edu
Delaware	Scarborough,Bob	bob.scarborough@state.de.us
Elkhorn Slough, CA	Wasson,Kerstin	kerstin.wasson@gmail.com
Grand Bay, MS	Woodrey,Mark	msw103@ra.msstate.edu
Great Bay, NH	Stacey,Paul	paul.stacey@wildlife.nh.gov
Guana Tolomato Matanzas, FL	Kimball,Matt	Matthew.Kimball@dep.state.fl.us
Hudson River, NY	Fernald,Sarah	shfernal@gw.dec.state.ny.us
Jacques Cousteau, NJ	Kennish,Michael	kennish@marine.rutgers.edu
Jobos Bay, PR	Dieppa,Angel	adieppa@gmail.com
Kachemak Bay, AK	Doroff,Angela	angela.doroff@alaska.gov
Lake Superior, WI	Schooler,Shon	sschoole@uwsuper.edu
Mission-Aransas, TX	Buskey,Ed	ed.buskey@mail.utexas.edu
Narragansett Bay, RI	Raposa,Ken	kenny@nbnerr.org
NOAA, Estuarine Reserves Division	Bundy,Marie	Marie.Bundy@noaa.gov
North Carolina	Fear,John	John.Fear@ncdenr.gov
North Inlet-Winyah Bay, SC	Smith,Erik	erik@belle.baruch.sc.edu
Padilla Bay, WA	Bulthuis,Douglas	bulthuis@padillabay.gov
Rookery Bay, FL	Vasquez,Victoria	Victoria.Vazquez@dep.state.fl.us
San Francisco Bay, CA	Ferner,Matt	mferner@sfsu.edu
Sapelo Island, GA	Hurley,Dorset	dhurley@darientel.net
South Slough, OR	Helms,Alicia	alicia.r.helms@state.or.us
Tijuana River, CA	Crooks,Jeff	jcrooks@trnerr.org
Waquoit Bay, MA	Weidman,Chris	chris.weidman@state.ma.us
Weeks Bay, AL	Phipps,Scott	Scott.Phipps@dcnr.alabama.gov


Reserve Research ACE Basin, SC Apalachicola, FL Chesapeake Bay, MD Chesapeake Bay, VA Delaware Elkhorn Slough, CA Grand Bay, MS Great Bay, NH Guana Tolomato Matanzas, 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 Rookery Bay, FL San Francisco, CA Sapelo Island, GA South Slough, OR Tijuana River, CA Waquoit Bay, MA Weeks Bay, AL Wells, ME Overview System-wide Monitoring Water Quality and Weather Biological Monitoring Habitat Mapping History of SWMP NERRS Science Collaborative Graduate Research Fellows Research and Monitoring Data Research Monitoring Products NERRS Publications Planning Documents Data Syntheses Research Partners CDMO IOOS NCCOS NGS CO-OPS OAR NMFS For Coordinators & Staff Research Database Contact Research Coordinators
	For more information contact Marie.Bundy@noaa.gov