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The Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve encompasses a diversity of land and water areas around Great Bay, an estuary in southeastern New Hampshire.Protected lands cover 10,235 acres (4,142 ha), including approximately 7,300 acres (3,000 ha) [1] of open water and wetlands that include salt marshes, rocky shores, bluffs, woodlands, open fields, and riverine systems and tidal waters.
Located within the Gulf of Maine watershed, the Great Bay Estuary is a drowned river valley composed of high-energy tidal waters, deep channels and fringing mudflats. The entire estuary extends inland from the mouth of the Piscataqua River between Kittery, Maine, and New Castle, New Hampshire through Little Bay into Great Bay proper at Furber Strait, a distance of 12 miles (19 km).
The National Estuarine Research Reserve System is a network of 30 protected areas established by partnerships between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and coastal states. The reserves represent different biogeographic regions of the United States.
GREEN BAY — The bay of Green Bay is another step closer to becoming a federally protected National Estuarine Research Reserve site. On Jan. 25, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
The Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is one of the most biologically productive estuarine ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico region, supporting several rare or endangered plant and animal species, numerous important marine fishery resources, diverse habitat types and archaeological sites, in the U.S. State of Mississippi.
On October 20, 1997, the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve (JC NERR) was dedicated in honor of Jacques-Yves Cousteau. [2] The JC NERR is one of 30 National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) created to promote responsible use and management of the estuaries in the United States. Estuaries, where the rivers meet the sea, are ...
Both Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, and the Karner Blue butterfly easement in Concord, New Hampshire, which protects important habitat for this federally endangered species, are managed by the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Newburyport, Massachusetts. The refuge has a surface area of 1,116 acres (4.52 km 2). [1]
[3] [4] The campground offers 44 tent sites, 42 at the base camp and two at remote sites. [3] There are picnic tables by the river. It is two miles (3.2 km) east of Androscoggin Wayside Park. The park is 1 of 10 New Hampshire state parks that are in the path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse, with 2 minutes of totality. [5]