South Slough Reserve, Oregon

State

Oregon

State Partner

Oregon Department of State Lands

Acres

4,771

Est. Date

1974

Oregon’s South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve is made up of 4,771 acres and provides habitats for salmon, great blue herons, bald eagles, migrating ducks, elk, sea otters, oysters, and crabs. The Reserve offers a diverse landscape of open waters, emergent islands, streams, salt marshes, and conifer-forested uplands. Through research, education, and stewardship programs, Reserve staff promote scientific and public knowledge of estuaries and how to manage them.

Did You Know…

South Slough was the first National Estuarine Research Reserve in our system.

Latest News from the South Slough Reserve

Talk NERRdy to Me: Dr. Alice Yeates

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 the South Slough Reserve in Oregon.

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Communities are for critters (& science)

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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Preparing for the Worst and Hoping for the Best in Oregon

Preparing for the Worst and Hoping for the Best in Oregon

Although the recent West Coast fires haven’t touched the South Slough Reserve in Oregon, they and their community partners are preparing for a future that includes living with fire just in case—and making their forests more resilient, beautiful, and biodiverse in the process.

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South Slough Reserve, Oregon