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NERRS Volunteer Opportunities

The National Estuarine Research Reserve System is a network of 27 coastal reserves protected for purposes of research, education and stewardship. This partnership between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the individual coastal states provides many opportunities for volunteers interested in protecting coastal resources for future generations. Volunteers can participate in a wide range of activities vital to the reserves, including scientific monitoring, restoration projects, educational programs, administration, visitor services and fund raising. For more information, contact the reserve nearest you.

This map shows the location of all the National Estuarine Research Reserves. If you move your pointer to the reserve nearest you, it will show you the reserve name. If you click on the dot, it will take you to the table below the map, which provides contact information for volunteering at each reserve.
Reserve Map Padillar Bay, Washington South Slough, Oregon San Francisco Bay, California Elkhorn Slough, California Tijuana River, California Mission-Aransas, Texas Grand Bay, Mississippi Week Bay, Alabama Apalachicola, Florida Rookery Bay, Florida Guana Tolomato Matanzas, Florida Sapelo Island, Georgia ACE Basin, South Carolina North Inlet-Winyah Bay, South Carolina North Carolina Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Chesapeaker Bay, Maryland Delaware Jacques Cousteau, New Jersey Hudson River, New York Narragansett bay, Rhode Island Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts Great Bay, New Hampshire Wells, Maine Old Woman Creek, Ohio Kachemak Bay, Alaska Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico Wisconsin (proposed) St. Lawrence River, New York (proposed) Connecticut (proposed)

Reserve & Phone Number
   
Reserve & Phone Number
  
1. Wells, ME
Phone: 207-646-1555 X 118
Link to reserve homepage   16. Rookery Bay, FL
Phone: 239-417-6310 X 412 		Link to reserve homepage
2. Great Bay, NH
Phone: 603-778-0015		 Link to reserve homepage   17. Apalachicola, FL
Phone: 850-653-8063 		Link to reserve homepage
3. Waquoit Bay, MA
Phone: 508-457-0495 X 108 		Link to reserve homepage   18. Weeks Bay, AL
Phone: 251-928-9792 X 231 		Link to reserve homepage
4. Narragansett Bay, RI
Phone: 401-683-1478		 Link to reserve homepage   19. Grand Bay, MS
Phone: 228-475-7047 		Link to reserve homepage
5. Connecticut *
No program at this time		     20. Mission-Aransas, TX
Phone: 361-749-6771 		Link to reserve homepage
6. Hudson River, NY
Phone: 845-889-4745 X 114 		Link to reserve homepage   21. Tijuana River, CA
Phone: 619-575-3613 		Link to reserve homepage
7. Jacques Cousteau, NJ
Phone: 609-812-0649 X 203 		Link to reserve homepage   22. Elkhorn Slough, CA
Phone: 831-728-2822 		Link to reserve homepage
8. Delaware
Phone: 302-739-3436		 Link to reserve homepage   23. San Francisco Bay, CA
Phone: 415-338-3707		 Link to reserve homepage
9. Chesapeake Bay, MD
Phone: 410-260-8712		 Link to reserve homepage   24. South Slough, OR
Phone: 541-888-5558 X 58 		Link to reserve homepage
10. Chesapeake Bay, VA
Phone: 804-684-7135 		Link to reserve homepage   25. Padilla Bay, WA
Phone: 360-428-1070		 Link to reserve homepage
11. North Carolina
Phone: 252-838-0883 		Link to reserve homepage   26. Wisconsin *
No program at this time		  
12. North Inlet-Winyah Bay, SC
No program at this time 		Link to reserve homepage   27. Old Woman Creek, OH
Phone: 419-433-4601 		Link to reserve homepage
13. ACE Basin, SC
No program at this time		 Link to reserve homepage   28. St. Lawrence River, New York *
No program at this time		  
14. Sapelo Island, GA
Phone: 912-485-2300		 Link to reserve homepage   29. Kachemak Bay, AK
Phone: 907-235-4799 		Link to reserve homepage
15. Guana Tolomato Matanzas, FL
Phone: 904-823-4500 		Link to reserve homepage   30. Jobos Bay, PR
Phone: 787-853-4617 		Link to reserve homepage

*Proposed reserve

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