National Estuarine Research Reserves Protect People & Places
36,000 Heroes
who support Reserves and their mission
48 Million+ Data Points
Tracking water quality, habitat health, storm damage, and more every year
1.4 Million Acres
protected, natural lands along the coast
What’s Happening at Our Reserves?
Talk NERRdy to Me: Rebecca Roth
NERRA’s raving and roving reporter Nik Charov spoke with Rebecca Roth, NERRA’s executive director. They talked about her life in coasts, the best Dr. Seuss story of all time, and …
DC Download: April 2023
April showers brought another NERRd call to action: The FY 2024 President’s Budget did not increase the NERRS operations budget from FY 2023, and it cut the NERRS PAC budget …
BIL & IRA Funds to Transform Coastal Resilience
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced it will invest $77 million this year in National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERRS) and Coastal Zone Management (CZM) programs to advance high impact …
Communities are for critters (& science)
Reserves around the country transform this passion for wildlife into community science to support an ever-growing body of knowledge about these special estuary residents and how we can make …
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NERRA’S MISSION
Reserves and their friends groups rely on NERRA to help enhance successful programs, strengthen the network, and enable reserves to better address challenges to our nation’s estuaries, coasts, and communities. NERRA communicates the funding needs and priorities of Reserves to Congress and federal agencies and educates the general public about the importance of estuaries and coasts.