Chesapeake Bay (MD) National Estuarine Research Reserve
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The Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is an estuary reserve in Maryland.
The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States and is one of the most productive bodies of water in the world. The Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve reflects the diversity of estuarine habitats found within the Bay and consists of three components:
- A 722 acre (292 ha) tidal, riverine system at Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary located 20 miles (32 km) from Washington, D.C.
- A 672 acre (271 ha) tidal freshwater marsh at the Otter Point Creek component 19 miles (30 km) northeast of Baltimore
- A 3,426 acre (1,386 ha) salt marsh at the Monie Bay component located 20 miles (32 km)from Salisbury, Maryland.
Monie Bay was designation as a reserve in 1985. Jug Bay and Otter Point Creek were designated in 1990
The purpose of the 4,820 acre (1,950 ha) Maryland Reserve, managed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, is to manage protected estuarine areas as natural field laboratories and to develop and implement a coordinated program of research, monitoring, education and volunteer activities.
[edit] Awards
- Robert Finton, a volunteer at the Reserve, was posthumously awarded an Environmental Hero Award by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, one of the Reserve's partner agencies.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Laborde, Kent (April 21, 2006). NOAA Announces Recipients of 2006 Environmental Hero Awards. NOAA. Retrieved on May 8, 2006.
[edit] External links
- Chesapeake Bay Reserve, Maryland. National Estuarine Research Reserve System. NOAA (September 12, 2005). Retrieved on May 8, 2006.
- Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Maryland Department of Natural Resources (December 12, 2005). Retrieved on May 8, 2006.
