This project overview describes a 2017 Science Transfer project in which the southeastern National Estuarine Research Reserves created a region-wide, student-driven program for teachers to further understanding of estuary restoration.
This project overview describes a multi-year collaborative research project that analyzed a suite of living shoreline possibilities for South Carolina to help the state develop a living shoreline policy.
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Keywords: living shoreline, policy, oyster reef
Reserves: ACE Basin, SC, North Inlet-Winyah Bay, SC
This project overview describes a 2016 Science Transfer project where staff members from the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve are being trained in the application of the CCVATCH tool to assess the vulnerabilities of local coastal habitats to climate change.
This project overview describes a 2018 Catalyst project where researchers from Duke University and the North Carolina and Rookery Bay reserves partnered to develop ecosystem services models for coastal habitats.
This project overview describes a 2018 Catalyst project where Rookery Bay Reserve staff and University of South Florida researchers are partnered to update and create maps of mangrove habitat to measure changes over time.
This collection features blue carbon work completed by project teams from 2010-2019. The collection includes a detailed management brief narrative, an infographic showing the progress of blue carbon work across the U.S., and a webinar recording from a panel discussion on March 17, 2020.
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Keywords: blue carbon, carbon finance, ecosystem services
Reserves: Apalachicola, FL, Grand Bay, MS, Kachemak Bay, AK, Mission Aransas, TX, Padilla Bay, WA, Rookery Bay, FL, South Slough, OR, Waquoit Bay, MA, Weeks Bay, AL
This collection features climate resilience and adaptation work completed by project teams from 2015-2018. The collection includes a detailed management brief narrative, an infographic showing how the interconnected nature of the NERRS facilitates collective learning and accelerated action, and a webinar recording from a panel discussion on September 9, 2019.
Reserves: Chesapeake Bay, MD, Delaware, Great Bay, NH, Hudson River, NY, Jacques Cousteau, NJ, Kachemak Bay, AK, Lake Superior, WI, Narragansett Bay, RI, North Inlet-Winyah Bay, SC, Old Woman Creek, OH, San Francisco Bay, CA, Tijuana River, CA, Waquoit Bay, MA, Weeks Bay, AL, Wells, ME
This project overview describes a project led by Elkorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve to communicate the results of a recent national synthesis of NERR Sentinel Site data on marsh resilience to sea level rise.
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Keywords: wetland resilience, Sentinel Site, data synthesis
Reserves: ACE Basin, SC, Chesapeake Bay, MD, Chesapeake Bay, VA, Elkhorn Slough, CA, Grand Bay, MS, Great Bay, NH, Hudson River, NY, Narragansett Bay, RI, North Carolina, North Inlet-Winyah Bay, SC, Padilla Bay, WA, San Francisco Bay, CA, South Slough, OR, Tijuana River, CA, Waquoit Bay, MA
This collection features living shorelines work completed by project teams from 2015-2019. The collection includes a detailed management brief narrative, an infographic showing different shoreline stabilization strategies and how they vary across locations in order to suit the conditions present, and a webinar recording from a panel discussion on April 11, 2019.
This project overview describes a 2013 Collaborative Research project that developed a protocol to accurately measure suspended sediment concentrations in tidal marshes, enhancing understanding of marsh accretion and informing marsh conservation and restoration.
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Keywords: sea level rise, restoration, marsh accretion, sediment transport
Reserves: Grand Bay, MS, North Inlet-Winyah Bay, SC, San Francisco Bay, CA