This toolkit organizes and consolidates content from a combination of literature reviews, SWMP data interpretation, and interviews and exhibit evaluations at multiple reserves into a comprehensive package of resources that is accessible to all education coordinators and exhibit designers in the Reserve System.
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Keywords: SWMP, water quality, education, communication
Reserves: ACE Basin, SC, Elkhorn Slough, CA, Narragansett Bay, RI, Rookery Bay, FL, South Slough, OR, Tijuana River, CA, Weeks Bay, AL
Project Lead Julie Binz (ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve) gives an introduction to "Advancing Science Literacy with a System-wide Monitoring Data Exhibit," a science transfer project funded in 2021 by the NERRS Science Collaborative. The presentation was given at a virtual project workshop in January 2022.
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Keywords: SWMP, water quality, communication, education
Reserves: ACE Basin, SC, Elkhorn Slough, CA, Narragansett Bay, RI, Rookery Bay, FL, South Slough, OR, Tijuana River, CA, Weeks Bay, AL
Protecting critical habitats for migratory species is increasingly important as sea level rise and climate change reduce the availability and diversity of habitats in the hemisphere.
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Keywords: estuarine habitat, shorebird habitat, motus
Reserves: ACE Basin, SC, Grand Bay, MS, Hudson River, NY, San Francisco Bay, CA
Through a 2020 science transfer project, the ACE Basin Reserve facilitated the implementation and expansion of The Motus Wildlife Tracking System in the Mid-Atlantic, West Coast, and Gulf regions through a series of workshops.
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Keywords: climate change, estuarine habitat, shorebird habitat, wildlife, motus
Reserves: ACE Basin, SC, Grand Bay, MS, Hudson River, NY, San Francisco Bay, CA
Through a 2020 science transfer project, the ACE Basin Reserve facilitated the implementation and expansion of The Motus Wildlife Tracking System in the Mid-Atlantic, West Coast, and Gulf regions through a series of workshops.
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Keywords: shorebird habitat, estuarine habitat, wildlife, climate change, motus
Reserves: ACE Basin, SC, Grand Bay, MS, Hudson River, NY, San Francisco Bay, CA
Through a 2020 science transfer project, the Lake Superior and Heʻeia reserves and partners brought renewed attention to reserve site profiles and supported the development of a modernized format that better aligns with and boosts the impact of reserve programs.
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Keywords: science usability, data management, communication
Each reserve within the National Estuarine Research Reserve System maintains a specific site profile that synthesizes knowledge about its physical and biological characteristics to guide research and monitoring activities.
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Keywords: communication, data visualization, science usability
Through a 2020 catalyst project, the Heʻeia and Kachemak Bay Reserves worked to advance the equitable representation of cultural ecosystem services in estuary stewardship by providing practical information and opportunities for facilitated exchange.
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Keywords: cultural ecosystem services, ecosystem services
Cultural ecosystem services (CES), one of four main categories of ecosystem services, are often described as the non-material benefits that humans receive from their interactions with the environment.
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Reserves: He‘eia, HI, Kachemak Bay, AK, Tijuana River, CA, Wells, ME