South Slough Reserve

State

Oregon

State Partner

Oregon Department of State Lands

Acres

4,771

Est. Date

1974

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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.

Stories from the Reserve

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From Pest to Plate?

Scientists from Oregon’s South Slough Reserve are asking whether the state’s most unwanted crab might

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Oregon Restoration Delivers Early Returns on Investment

Along Oregon’s Wasson Creek, a 530-acre ridgetop-to-estuary restoration project is proving that large-scale efforts can

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Good Fire is Catching

On Wisconsin Point along Lake Superior, land stewards recently did something that, for some, would

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