🦦Updates from critter corner: Manatees are moving into Grand Bay; blue crabs have meandered up to Great Bay; Rookery Bay is vying with Chesapeake Bay for being the world’s top spot for osprey; and those cute (?) sea otters are actually selective “birderers" that snack on seabirds in Elhorn Slough.

📉Long term investment in SWMP data is paying off with national studies tracking trends in eutrophication and ocean heatwaves: what will we learn next?!

Go ahead, have another Cape Cod 🦪it’s good for estuaries 😇

🌾Community members gathered at Pokegama Bay for the third annual wild rice camp with support from the Lake Superior Reserve, Fond du Lac Band and UW-Superior Extension Program.

🤥Not gonna lie, it’s tough times for coastal habitats but we’re encouraged by the success of seagrass restoration in Jobos Bay (thanks 🦅) and this exciting new wetland restoration project spanning Rhode Island and Louisiana.

🌀What do you do when a hurricane hits you hard? Rebuild better 💪Looking forward to the new Beaufort Lab!  In other North Carolina news, our Reserve is continuing to bring realty professionals together with living shoreline specialists. 

👏The [new] next generation is discovering that Reserves in South Carolina, California, and Maine are great places to learn.

✋Guana’s land may be protected, but the future of its waters is uncertain.

❓Alabama turned three Fish River sites red to help model pollution flowing into Weeks Bay.

New fire burns damaged batteries at Moss Landing plant (but much smaller this time).

👊Reddit readers agree: kayaking 🚣in Coos Bay is a must do for the Bay Area Fun Fest.