- Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Maryland)
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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. http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2616.htm. Retrieved May 8, 2006.
External links
- "Chesapeake Bay Reserve, Maryland". National Estuarine Research Reserve System. NOAA. September 12, 2005. http://nerrs.noaa.gov/ChesapeakeBayMD/. Retrieved May 8, 2006.
- "Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve". Maryland Department of Natural Resources. December 12, 2005. http://www.dnr.state.md.us/bay/cbnerr/. Retrieved May 8, 2006.
Protected Areas of Maryland Federal Blackwater • Eastern Neck • Martin • Patuxent Research Refuge • Susquehanna RiverAssateague Island National Seashore • Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network • Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research ReserveState 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
Cedarville • Chesapeake • Doncaster • Elk Neck • Garrett • Green Ridge • Pocomoke • Potomac-Garrett • Savage River • Seth • Stoney • Wicomico
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
Belt Woods • Dundee • Governor Parris N. Glendening • Mattawoman • Morgan Run • Severn Run • Soldiers Delight • Zekiah Swamp
County and
MunicipalParks & SanctuariesAcorn Park • Clifton Park • Constitution Park • Fort Smallwood Park • Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary • Lake Centennial • Lake Elkhorn • Lakelands Park • Oregon Ridge Park • Patterson Park • Robert E. Lee Memorial ParkNon-governmental Parks & SanctuariesBattle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary • Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary • Sherwood Gardens • Somers Cove Marina • Sugarloaf Mountain • Western Maryland Rail Trail • Youghiogheny Scenic & Wild River
Maryland Department of Natural Resources (web): Maryland Park Service (web) and Maryland Forest ServiceCategories:- National Estuarine Research Reserves of the United States
- Protected areas of Maryland
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