North Inlet - Winyah Bay NERRS

North Inlet - Winyah Bay

National Estuarine Research Reserve

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About the Reserve

The North Inlet - Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve was established in the fall of 1992 through a cooperative agreement with the Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research, University of South Carolina, the South Carolina Coastal Council, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It is one in a network of 21 Reserves around the country charged with generating and providing information that can be used to better manage and conserve our valuable coastal resources. The North Inlet - Winyah Bay Reserve includes about 9,000 acres of tidal wetlands, oyster reefs, former rice fields and waterways on or bordering the Belle W. Baruch Foundation's 17,500-acre wildlife refuge, Hobcaw Barony, near Georgetown, South Carolina. Much of the Reserve can be accessed by water and visitors are welcome to enjoy and help conserve the resources of North Inlet and Winyah Bay.

Several Reserve educational activities are described inside. Many are sponsored in connection with the Baruch Institute's Continuing Education Program and the Bellefield Nature Center which are located near the entrance to Hobcaw Barony on the east side of Highway 17, 1.5 miles north of Georgetown.

Map of the North Inlet-Winyah Bay study area with the associated sampling sites.

Online graphical display of North Inlet-Winyah Bay measured variables at the Clambank and Oyster Landing sites. If you would like to search the gif images by keywords, then use the gif wais index. Use the abbreviations listed below in your keyword searchs: