page_title: Coastal Zone Management Act
section_title: National Estuarine Reserve
hierarchical_section_title: Coastal Zone Management Act / National Estuarine Reserve
caption_attribution_description: English: The marshes of Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve provide food and nesting habitat for a variety of birds, mammals, and reptiles and are also the nursery ground for many economically important fish and shellfish.
context_page_description: The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 is an Act of Congress passed in 1972 to encourage coastal states to develop and implement coastal zone management plans. This act was established as a United States National policy to preserve, protect, develop, and where possible, restore or enhance, the resources of the Nation's coastal zone for this and succeeding generations.
context_section_description: Current Reserves
  Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve, Florida – 1979
  Ashepoo Combahee Edisto Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve, South Carolina – 1992
  Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Maryland), Maryland – 1985
  Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Virginia), Virginia – 1991
  Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve, Delaware – 1993
  Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, California – 1979
  Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Mississippi – 1999
  Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, New Hampshire – 1989
  Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, Florida – 1999
  Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, New York – 1982
  Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, New Jersey – 1998
  Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Puerto Rico – 1981
  Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Alaska – 1999
  Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve, Wisconsin – 2011
  Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve, Texas – 2006
  Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Rhode Island – 1989
  North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve, North Carolina – 1985
  North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, South Carolina – 1992
  Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve, Ohio – 1980
  Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Washington – 1980
  Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Florida – 1978
  San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, California – 2003
  Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve, Georgia – 1976
  South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Oregon – 1974
  Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve – California – 1981
  Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Massachusetts – 1988
  Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Alabama – 1986
  Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, Maine – 1984
  He‘eia National Estuarine Research Reserve, Hawai‘i – 2017
caption: The marshes of Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve.
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