The Wrack

Local hospitality, professionalism, and warmth made for a memorable week hosting the National Estuarine Research Reserve System annual meeting here in southern Maine.

A simple wind shift can make all the differencein air quality, in temperature, in seawater, in politics.

Connecticut National Estuarine Research Reserve, a 52,160-acre site along Long Island Sound, has become the 30th NERR in the system. 

The Wells National Estuarine Sanctuary was designated in 1984 and was gone within 2 years. What happened?

The Wells Reserve's education program is one of 29 within the National Estuarine Research Reserve System, collectively connecting hundreds of thousands of people to estuaries each year.

Half our staff and some key volunteers attended this year's annual meeting of reserves. They brought home renewed energy, fond memories, and three awards.

Sue Bickford is honored with the NERRS Impact Award, while Jeremy Miller is recognized with the Technical Assistance Award.

Whether its your local watershed or the federal budget, every little drip counts

Estuaries give us many reasons to be grateful, but high on our list this year is their importance to one particular Maine icon: the American Lobster (Homarus americanus).

Laudholm Trust sends emergency relief funds to the Mission-Aransas Reserve in Texas and Jobos Bay Reserve in Puerto Rico to support recovery and rebuilding efforts after devastating hurricanes.