Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Maryland)

For the Reserve in Virginia, see Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Virginia).

The Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is an estuary reserve in Maryland.

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States and is one of the most productive bodies of water in the world. The Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve reflects the diversity of estuarine habitats found within the Bay and consists of three components:

A 2,087 acres (8.45 km²) freshwater tidal marsh at Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary located 20 miles (32 km) from Washington, D.C.
A 726 acres (2.94 km²) freshwater tidal marsh at the Otter Point Creek component 19 miles (30 km) northeast of Baltimore
A 3,426 acres (13.86 km²) salt marsh at the Monie Bay component located 20 miles (32 km)from Salisbury, Maryland.

Monie Bay was designation as a reserve in 1985. Jug Bay and Otter Point Creek were designated in 1990

The purpose of the 6,249 acres (25.29 km²) Maryland Reserve, managed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, is to manage protected estuarine areas as natural field laboratories and to develop and implement a coordinated program of research, monitoring, education and volunteer activities.

Awards

Robert Finton, an employee at the Reserve, was posthumously awarded an Environmental Hero Award by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, one of the Reserve's partner agencies.^[1]

References

↑ Laborde, Kent (April 21, 2006). "NOAA Announces Recipients of 2006 Environmental Hero Awards". NOAA. Retrieved May 8, 2006.

External links

"Chesapeake Bay Reserve, Maryland". National Estuarine Research Reserve System. NOAA. September 12, 2005. Retrieved May 8, 2006.
"Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve". Maryland Department of Natural Resources. December 12, 2005. Retrieved May 8, 2006.

National Estuarine Research Reserves of the United States

Apalachicola (Florida) Ashepoo Combahee Edisto Basin (South Carolina) Chesapeake Bay (Maryland) Chesapeake Bay (Virginia) Delaware (Delaware) Elkhorn Slough (California) Grand Bay (Mississippi) Great Bay (New Hampshire) Guana Tolomato Matanzas (Florida) Hudson River (New York State) Jacques Cousteau (New Jersey) Jobos Bay (Puerto Rico) Kachemak Bay (Alaska) Lake Superior (Wisconsin) Mission-Aransas (Texas) Narragansett Bay (Rhode Island) North Carolina North Inlet-Winyah Bay (South Carolina) Old Woman Creek (Ohio) Padilla Bay (Washington) Rookery Bay (Florida) San Francisco Bay (California) Sapelo Island (Georgia) South Slough (Oregon) Tijuana River (California) Waquoit Bay (Massachusetts) Weeks Bay (Alabama) Wells (Maine)

Category Commons

Protected areas of Maryland

Federal

National battlefields	Antietam Monocacy

National historical parks	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

National historic sites	Clara Barton Hampton Thomas Stone

National monuments	Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad

National seashores	Assateague Island

National Park Service parks	Catoctin Mountain Park Fort Foote Park Fort Washington Park Glen Echo Park Greenbelt Park Harmony Hall Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm Piscataway Park

National wildlife refuges	Blackwater Eastern Neck Martin Patuxent Research Refuge Susquehanna River

National historic and scenic trails	Appalachian Trail Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail

Other protected areas	Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

State

State parks	Assateague Big Run Bill Burton Fishing Pier State Park Calvert Cliffs Casselman River Bridge Chapel Point Cunningham Falls Dans Mountain Deep Creek Lake Elk Neck Fort Frederick Fort Tonoloway Gambrill Gathland Greenbrier Greenwell Gunpowder Falls Hart-Miller Island Herrington Manor Janes Island Jonas Green Martinak Matapeake New Germany North Point Palmer Patapsco Valley Patuxent River Pocomoke River Point Lookout Purse Rocks Rocky Gap Rosaryville Sandy Point Seneca Creek Smallwood South Mountain St. Clement's Island St. Mary's River Susquehanna Swallow Falls Tuckahoe Washington Monument Wye Oak

State forests	Cedarville Chesapeake Doncaster Elk Neck Garrett Green Ridge Pocomoke Potomac-Garrett Savage River Seth Stoney Wicomico

Wildlife management areas	Avondale Belle Grove Billmeyer Bowen Cedar Island Cedar Point Cheltenham Chicamuxen Dan's Mountain Deal Island Diersson E.A. Vaughn Earlville Ellis Bay Fairmount Fishing Bay Frederick City Watershed Grove Farm Gwynnbrook Heater's Island Hugg-Thomas Idylwild Indian Springs Islands of the Potomac Isle of Wight Johnson Le Compte Linkwood McKee-Beshers Maryland Marine Properties Millington Mt. Nebo Myrtle Grove Nanticoke River Old Bohemia Pocomoke River Prather’s Neck Pocomoke Sound Sideling Hill Sinepuxent Bay South Marsh Strider Taylors Island Warrior Mountain Wellington

Natural environment areas	Belt Woods Dundee Governor Parris N. Glendening Mattawoman Morgan Run Severn Run Soldiers Delight Zekiah Swamp

County and
municipal

Parks and sanctuaries	Acorn Park Centennial Park Clifton Park Constitution Park Fort Smallwood Park Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary Lake Elkhorn Lakelands Park Oregon Ridge Park Patterson Park Lake Roland Park Wheaton Regional Park Troy Park

Non-
governmental

Parks and sanctuaries	Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary Conservation and Environmental Research Areas of UMBC Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary Sherwood Gardens Somers Cove Marina Sugarloaf Mountain Western Maryland Rail Trail Youghiogheny Scenic & Wild River

Nature centers	List of nature centers in Maryland

Maryland Department of Natural Resources (web): Maryland Forest Service and Maryland Park Service (web)

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