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Topic: Estuaries

A gravel path winds through dirt by a river under a blue sky.

Transforming New York's Hudson riverbanks

April 17, 2024

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National Estuarine Research Reserves

A gravel path winds through dirt by a river under a blue sky.

Smiling people in orange kayaks in estuary with raised paddles

Wade into estuary recreation at a NOAA research reserve

September 19, 2022

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National Estuarine Research Reserves

Smiling people in orange kayaks in estuary with raised paddles

Several herring fish swimming underwater

February 28, 2022

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Magnuson-Stevens Act

habitat restoration

Several herring fish swimming underwater

construction digger restoring wetlands

Habitat restoration

February 28, 2022

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

coastal restoration

habitat restoration

construction digger restoring wetlands

An estuary on Swan Island in Chesapeake Bay. Tall, green wetland grasses are on either side of the waterway.

New natural infrastructure guidelines help with flood management

September 20, 2021

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habitat restoration

An estuary on Swan Island in Chesapeake Bay. Tall, green wetland grasses are on either side of the waterway.

Sunrise over the waters of Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserves

4 NOAA research reserves produce $165 million in economic benefits each year

July 29, 2021

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National Estuarine Research Reserves

coastal economies

Sunrise over the waters of Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserves

High school students weed the loʻi (wet taro patch) doing habitat restoration, while also connecting to their ahupuaʻa.

Traditional Hawaiian knowledge engages students through watershed education

September 24, 2020

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Office of Education

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National Estuarine Research Reserves

High school students weed the loʻi (wet taro patch) doing habitat restoration, while also connecting to their ahupuaʻa.

A foggy sky over salt marshes of an estuary in Hampton, New Hampshire.

Give it a shot: Enter our National Estuary Week photo contest

August 4, 2020

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National Estuarine Research Reserves

A foggy sky over salt marshes of an estuary in Hampton, New Hampshire.

This apparently healthy-looking tidal marsh within Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Rhode Island is, in fact, unhealthy. The image demonstrates how tidal marshes deteriorate in diverse and complex ways. (Undated image.)

Is this marsh 'happy'? Here's how to tell.

February 19, 2020

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This apparently healthy-looking tidal marsh within Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Rhode Island is, in fact, unhealthy. The image demonstrates how tidal marshes deteriorate in diverse and complex ways. (Undated image.)

A foggy sky over salt marshes of an estuary in Hampton, New Hampshire.

'Where rivers meet the sea': NOAA spotlights estuaries in February

February 5, 2020

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A foggy sky over salt marshes of an estuary in Hampton, New Hampshire.

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