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Wells Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Paul Dest
This month, in a nonviolent coup, NERRA’s very own communications maven Dolores Leonard deposed our loveably infamous raving reporter Nik Charov …. . .
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Delaware Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Rachael Phillos
Talk NERRdy to Me is a monthly column about leaders and luminaries from across our 30 Reserves. This month, NERRA’s garrulous gabber Nik Charov interviewed Rachael Phillos, manager at the. . .
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Talk NERRdy to Me: Joyce Block
Talk NERRdy to Me is a monthly column about leaders and luminaries from across our 30 Reserves. This month, NERRA’s curious carouser Nik Charov interviewed Joyce Block, Davidson Fellow at. . .
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Wells Reserve
In Loving Memory: Sue Bickford (1959–2025)
Sue Bickford, former GIS/natural resource specialist for the Wells Reserve, was an extraordinary colleague, deeply respected and cherished by those who had the privilege of working with her. She never stopped. . .
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ACE Basin Reserve
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Jobos Bay Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Jessica Tipton Black
This month, NERRA’s scrupulous scrutinizer Nik Charov interviewed Jessica Tipton Black, formerly the CTP Coordinator at ACE Basin NERR and a Davidson Fellow, class of 2020-2022.. . .
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Tijuana River Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Empress Holliday
This month, NERRA’s insidious investigator Nik Charov interviewed Empress Holliday, Coastal Training Program Associate and Research Assistant at the Tijuana River Reserve. They talked about justice and cooperation in an. . .
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Talk NERRdy to Me: Betsy Blair
Talk NERRdy to Me is a monthly column about leaders and luminaries from across our 30—soon to be 33—Reserves. This month, NERRA’s restless reporter Nik Charov interviewed Betsy Blair, the. . .
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Apalachicola Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Jeff Dutrow
This month, NERRA’s correspondent-at-large Nik Charov interviewed Jeff Dutrow, education coordinator at Florida’s Apalachicola Reserve. They spoke of organizing wonders and pedagogues’ blunders, the power of music and questions to. . .
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Talk NERRdy to Me: Kelly Boudreaux
Nik Charov spoke with Kelly Boudreaux, one of the driving forces behind the new Atchafalaya Basin Reserve designation and friends group genesis. They talked Gulf Coast industry, preparing for the. . .
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North Carolina Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Rebecca Ellin
NERRA’s interstate investigator Nik Charov spoke with Rebecca Ellin, Manager at the North Carolina Reserve. They talked about reloading National Hurricane Center forecasts, bicoastal curiosity, and staying young while getting. . .
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Elkhorn Slough Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Juan Ramirez
This month, NERRA’s questing querent Nik Charov spoke with Juan Ramirez, outreach coordinator for the Elkhorn Slough Foundation and Reserve, near Monterey, California. They chatted about lizards and love, fear. . .
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South Slough Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Dr. Alice Yeates
Talk NERRdy to Me is a monthly column about leaders and luminaries from across our Reserves. This month, NERRA’s itinerant interlocutor Nik Charov spoke with Alice Yeates, stewardship coordinator at. . .
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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. . .
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Connecticut Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Kevin O’Brien and Jamie Vaudrey
This month, NERRA’s roving reporter Nik Charov spoke with Kevin O’Brien, supervising environmental analyst, and Jamie Vaudrey, the first research coordinator at the newly designated Connecticut Reserve.. . .
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ACE Basin Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Julie Binz
This month, NERRA’s roving reporter Nik Charov spoke with Julie Binz, manager at the ACE Basin Reserve in South Carolina. They talked about confounding geography, environmental education, human dimensions, and. . .
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Chesapeake Bay Reserve, Maryland
Talk NERRdy to Me: Kyle Derby
Talk NERRdy to Me is a monthly column about leaders and luminaries from across our Reserves. This month, NERRA’s roving reporter Nik Charov spoke with Kyle Derby, Research Coordinator at. . .
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Padilla Bay Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Dr. Sylvia Yang
This month, NERRA’s correspondent-on-the-loose Nik Charov chatted with Dr. Sylvia Yang, research coordinator at the Padilla Bay Reserve. They talked about the complexities of science, why estuaries are more cheese. . .
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Apalachicola Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Anita Grove
Talk NERRdy to Me is a monthly column about leaders and luminaries from across our Reserves. This month, NERRA’s correspondent-on-the-loose Nik Charov Zoomed to the Florida Panhandle to chat with. . .
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Elkhorn Slough Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Andrea Woolfolk
This month, NERRA’s correspondent-at-large Nik Charov interviewed Andrea Woolfolk, long-time Stewardship Coordinator at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve in California. They spoke of restorations large and small, primal knowledge, and what. . .
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Jacques Cousteau Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Mike De Luca
This month, NERRA’s correspondent-at-large Nik Charov interviewed Mike De Luca, manager at the Jacques Cousteau Reserve in New Jersey. A young rising star in marine science, Mike discussed the Jersey. . .
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Old Woman Creek Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Sebastian Mejia
This month, NERRA’s correspondent-at-large Nik Charov interviewed Sebastian Mejia, Stewardship Coordinator at the Old Woman Creek Reserve in Ohio. They discussed the parallels between invasive species control and the Public. . .
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South Slough Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Deborah Rudd
This month, NERRA’s correspondent-at-large Nik Charov interviewed Deborah Rudd, public involvement coordinator at Oregon’s South Slough Reserve. They talked about a “slough” of things—from the birth of the first Reserve. . .
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Elkhorn Slough Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Kerstin Wasson
Talk NERRdy to Me is a monthly column about leaders and luminaries from across our 29—soon to be 30—Reserves. This month, NERRA’s correspondent-at-large Nik Charov interviewed Dr. Kerstin Wasson, research. . .
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Talk NERRdy to Myself: Confessions of an AuctioNERR
This month, NERRA’s correspondent-at-large Nik Charov interviewed himself, in a ludicrous bid (get it?) to build excitement for the annual NERRA auction, which he somehow got stuck co-managing some years. . .
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Talk NERRdy to Me: Pete Wiley
Talk NERRdy to Me is a monthly column about leaders and luminaries from across our Reserves. This month, NERRA’s correspondent-at-large Nik Charov interviewed Pete Wiley, Economist at NOAA, former CTP. . .
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Sapelo Island Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Adam MacKinnon
Talk NERRdy to Me is a monthly column about leaders and luminaries from across our 29—soon to be 30—Reserves. This month, NERRA’s correspondent-at-large Nik Charov interviewed Adam MacKinnon, education coordinator. . .
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Padilla Bay Reserve
Talk NERRdy: Suzanne Shull
This month, NERRA’s correspondent-at-large Nik Charov interviewed Suzanne Shull, GIS specialist at Washington’s Padilla Bay Reserve. They talked about spaces, places, and ground truthing everything from eelgrass to David Bowie’s. . .
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Great Bay Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Cory Riley
NERRA’s correspondent-at-large Nik Charov interviews the very familiar Cory Riley, manager at New Hampshire’s Great Bay Reserve and past NERRA president. They talk about life stages, the need for friends. . .
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San Francisco Bay Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Bella Mayorga
NERRA correspondent Nik Charov talks with Bella Mayorga, new education coordinator at San Francisco Bay Reserve, about feathered dinosaurs, science translation (into Spanish!), and how bad golf courses can make. . .
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Grand Bay Reserve
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Tijuana River Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Nancy Torres & Matt Virden
This month, NERRA’s correspondent-at-large Nik Charov interviewed two Davidson fellows for the price of one: Nancy Torres, at California’s Tijuana River Reserve, and Matt Virden, from Mississippi’s Grand Bay Reserve.. . .
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Weeks Bay
Talk NERRdy to Me: Angela Underwood
This month, NERRA’s correspondent-at-large Nik Charov zoomed to Alabama to talk with Angela Underwood, education coordinator at the Weeks Bay Reserve, about BIOdiversity and equity, remote estuary education, and joining. . .
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Narragansett Bay Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Kenny Raposa
This month, Nik Charov chats with Dr. Kenny Raposa, research coordinator at Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Reserve, about his crabs, the Marsh Restoration Club for Men, and the benefits of. . .
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North Inlet-Winyah Bay Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Jen Plunket
This month, NERRA’s correspondent-at-large Nik Charov checks in with Jen Plunket, stewardship coordinator at the North Inlet-Winyah Bay Reserve, to run through a Swiss Army knife’s array of tools: fish,. . .
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Jacques Cousteau Reserve
Talk NERRdy: Lisa Auermuller
Nik Charov checked in with Lisa Auermuller, assistant manager at New Jersey’s Jacques Cousteau Reserve and past president of the NERRA board—and they all but promised “cheeseburgers in paradise” at. . .
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Hudson River Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Chris Bowser
NERRA correspondent Nik Charov chats with Chris Bowser, the “funnier” NERRA auctioneer and education coordinator at New York’s Hudson River Reserve. They cover a hundred-mile estuary replete with science, eels,. . .
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He‘eia Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Kawika Winter
This month, NERRA’s correspondent-at-large Nik Charov chats with Hawaiian Renaissance Man Dr. Kawika Winter, manager at the new He’eia Reserve, about being a botanist in a marine biology world.. . .
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Kachemak Bay Reserve
Talk NERRdy to Me: Coowe Walker
This month, Nik Charov Zooms to Alaska to talk with Coowe Walker, manager at the Kachemak Bay Reserve, to find out how a D.C. native ends up freezing in a. . .
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Chesapeake Bay Reserve, Maryland
Talk NERRdy to Me: Shawn Slater
Nik: We’re talking to you today, Shawn Slater, because you rose to the attention of the National Estuarine Research Reserve Association with your photography. Who are you, what do you. . .
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Guana Tolomato Matanzas (GTM) Reserve
Talk NERRdy with Ellen Leroy-Reed
NERRA’s correspondent-at-large Nik Charov catches up with Ellen Leroy-Reed, director of the Friends of the GTM Reserve in Florida, on the magnetic pull of a mission-driven workplace and why biodiversity. . .
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Mission-Aransas Reserve
Talk Nurdle to Me: Jace Tunnell
In this month’s Talk NERRDy column, NERRA correspondent Nik Charov catches up with Jace Tunnell, Mission-Aransas Reserve manager, film buff, all-around nice guy, and a real NERRd for nurdles!. . .
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