The North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve is a cooperative program between the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources/Division of Coastal Management and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Estuarine Reserve is a part of the Coastal Reserve Program of the Division of Coastal Management.

The Hudson River Estuary Program is a unique regional partnership designed to protect, conserve, restore, and enhance the estuary. The Hudson's productivity and diversity of natural resources sustain a wide array of present and future human benefits. It is a nursery for valuable food and game fish, a water supply, a boater's playground, a landscape of inspiring beauty, a shipping route, and more.

The office responsible for administering the Coastal Zone Management Act and a leader on the Nation's coastal, estuarine and ocean management issues. This Web site provides information for coastal resource managers, planners, educators, scientists, and others interested in balancing the conservation and development of our Nation's coastal, estuarine and ocean resources.

National Wetlands Inventory Home Page. The National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service produces information on the characteristic, extent, and status of the National Wetlands and deepwater habitats. In addition, we provide wetland maps, status maps, Wetlands Mapper, digital wetland data, digital map downloads, status & trends reports, wetland publications, plants and hydric soils lists.

USGS - USGS Woods Hole Science Center. Description of Research Project Concerning the Sources, Transport, and Nutrient Environment. Funded by the Regional Marine Research Program for the Gulf of Maine.

Our mission is to preserve the nation's network of estuaries by protecting and restoring the lands and waters essential to the richness and diversity of coastal life. Restore America's Estuaries and its member Conservation Law Foundation joined with other partners to restore natural tidal flows to the degraded 40-acre Bridge Creek salt marsh. Replacement of two culverts restored the dynamic tidal hydrology and water chemistry needed to bring back healthy salt marsh habitats and functions, along with the fish and wildlife they support.

Mission statement, rationale and philosophy, scientific advisory committee, responsibilities and authority, request for proposals, application procedures, important notices and deadlines, literature cited, annual/final reports, metadata and data sets, investigator resources, funded proposals.

The Clean Estuary Partnership (CEP) is an innovative collaboration designed to improve water quality in San Francisco Bay. In the CEP process, high quality information and data are used by the partners to develop and agree upon long-term strategies for protecting and restoring water quality in the Bay.

This is the official website of the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Elkhorn Slough Foundation - partners working for conservation.

The National Estuarine Research Reserve System is a network of protected areas established for long-term research, education and stewardship. This partnership program between NOAA and the coastal states protects more than one million acres of estuarine land and water, which provides essential habitat for wildlife; offers educational opportunities for students, teachers and the public; and serves as living laboratories for scientists.