National Estuarine Research Reserve
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The National Estuarine Research Reserve program of the United States government under the auspices of the National Marine Protected Areas Initiative. The program establishes federal-state partnerships under the Coastal Zone Management Act to create a system of estuarine research reserves representative of the various regions and estuarine types in the United States. The first reserve was established in Oregon in 1974. As of 2003, the program had established 25 reserves.
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[edit] Program Goals
The program's goals are[1]:
- ensure a stable environment for research through long-term protection of National Estuarine Research Reserve resources
- address coastal management issues identified as significant through coordinated estuarine research within the System
- enhance public awareness and understanding of estuarine areas and provide suitable opportunities for public education and interpretation
- promote Federal, state, public and private use of one or more Reserves within the System when such entities conduct estuarine research;
- conduct and coordinate estuarine research within the System, gathering and making available information necessary for improved understanding and management of estuarine areas.
[edit] National Estuarine Research Reserves
- Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve - Florida (1979)
- Ashepoo Combahee Edisto Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve - South Carolina (1992)
- Chesapeake Bay (MD) National Estuarine Research Reserve - Maryland (1985)
- Chesapeake Bay (VA) National Estuarine Research Reserve - Virginia (1991)
- Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve - Delaware (1993)
- Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve - California (1979)
- Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Mississippi (1999)
- Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - New Hampshire (1989)
- Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve - Florida (1999)
- Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve - New York (1982)
- Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve - New Jersey (1998)
- Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Puerto Rico (1981)
- Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Alaska (1999)
- Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Rhode Island (1989)
- North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve - North Carolina (1985)
- North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - South Carolina (1992)
- Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve - Ohio (1980)
- Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Washington (1980)
- Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Florida (1978)
- San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - California (2003)
- Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve - Georgia (1976)
- South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve - Oregon (1974)
- Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve - California (1981)
- Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Massachusetts (1988)
- Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Alabama (1986)
- Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve - Maine (1984)
