Latest NERRS News
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 coordinator at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve. They talked about marsh making, work marriages, ungrateful and grateful children, Indigenous knowledge, and the non-monetary valuations of mud.
DC Download: November 2021
Thank you to President Biden for signing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and to Congress for their bipartisan support. This means $77M for NERRS restoration and conservation over five years—that’s $15M per year!
2021 Annual Meeting
Across the country, NERRds gathered for our second fully virtual Annual Meeting. While we couldn’t gather in person, we’re still basking in the afterglow that comes from spending so much time with other NERRds.
Reserves in the Media
- Feral hogs slow recovery of damaged salt marshes: study: (Sapelo Island) November 29, 2021 – Coastal Review
- Invasive green crabs are threatening local species. The solution? Eat them: (South Slough) November 27, 2021 – NPR
- Governor DeSantis Previews his 2022-2023 Environmental Budget at Rookery Bay: November 25, 2021 – Coastal Breeze News
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Partners Collaborate to Protect Bay Islands: (Jacques Cousteau) November 25, 2021 – The Sand Paper
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Researchers want you to add green crabs to your menu to help combat this invasive species: (South Slough) November 19, 2021 – KLCC
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Reserve Gets Gold Star
The Chesapeake Bay Maryland Reserve received the Gold Star Award from the Maryland Coastal Bays Program for its extraordinary work as a partner committed to maintaining the environmental integrity of the Coastal Bays watershed.
Advancing Diversity in Marine Sciences
The inspiration for a new internship program at New Jersey’s Jacques Cousteau Reserve was simple: diversity in science is better for everybody. Creating equal access is important for advancing equality and science is stronger when everybody contributes.
Building the Blue/Green Workforce
An unprecedented number of young people want to work in the environmental sciences. Reserves around the System, in collaboration with the Hollings Scholarship Program, are helping them get the experience they need.