Guana Tolomato Matanzas Reserve, Florida

Overview

The reserve is geographically separated into a northern section where the Tolomato and Guana rivers mix with the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, and a southern section along the Matanzas River, extending from Moses Creek south of Pellicer Creek. The unique Matanzas Inlet is one of the last natural, unaltered inlets on Florida's Atlantic coast.

The GTM estuary is rich with scenic beauty and economic value as it produces or supports the vast majority of the commercially and recreationally valuable fish and shellfish found in the region. The submerged lands, marshes, islands and conservation lands provide important habitat for a diversity of plants and animals, including the migrating birds stopping along the Atlantic Coastal Flyway.