The Wrack

This funding will support coastal resilience and adaption projects in Maine, with an emphasis on working waterfronts and underserved coastal communities.

Coastal leaders gathered at Scarborough Marsh to celebrate millions of dollars in federal grants for restoration projects

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 turn of the decade also marks the conclusion of previous five-year plans and the commencement of new ones.

A glitch gets fixed and our home page "current conditions" bar returns to delivering weather and water data.

How is it that a National Estuarine Research Reserve stays open and operational during a federal shutdown?

Here are two petitions to sign, one to express your support of the Wells Reserve and another to extend that support to the National Estuarine Research Reserve System.

An open letter to all lovers of nature, science, beauty, and Maines coast.

The President's budget eliminates funding for the National Estuarine Research Reserve System in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018. The complete budget process includes Congress, however, which is demonstrating it has its own spending priorities.

Last update: March 22, 2018