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Topic: Estuaries

A great blue heron swallowing a fish while standing in still water surrounded by aquatic plants.

Where the river meets the sea: 5 reasons to love estuaries

February 10, 2025

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A great blue heron swallowing a fish while standing in still water surrounded by aquatic plants.

A tower with sensors sits on a shoreline with a bridge and trees in the background

Navigating New York waterways with real-time data

January 30, 2025

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A tower with sensors sits on a shoreline with a bridge and trees in the background

A group of people walk a trail through a floodplain of tall grass with a conifer forest in the distance.

Major Oregon estuary restoration to reestablish stream channels, habitat

November 26, 2024

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National Estuarine Research Reserves

coastal restoration

habitat restoration

A group of people walk a trail through a floodplain of tall grass with a conifer forest in the distance.

A stand of bald cypress trees in dark brackish water

Shaping future estuaries through historical data

October 11, 2024

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National Estuarine Research Reserves

A stand of bald cypress trees in dark brackish water

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

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