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 …
In summer 2021, a group of land managers and scientists at Florida’s Guana Tolomato Matanzas (GTM) Reserve spotted some wetland ponding behind huge piles of oyster shells. Known as rakes, …
Reserves are always monitoring their estuaries and now, they’re using this data to tell a visual story about the impact of major storms to help communities plan for the future.
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are a perennial threat to public health and coastal economies dependent on fishing and tourism. A new study has positioned the NERRS System-Wide Monitoring Program to support algal bloom research, management, and education through enhanced chlorophyll monitoring.
Can restoring oysters really clean up polluted waters? That’s the $1.5 billion dollar question that scientists and restoration practitioners around the country want to answer.
For a community hit by a hurricane, recovery can be a long, traumatic process that begins with understanding the storm’s impacts, which helps communities to become more resilient in the future.