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Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve

United States of America

Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve

The Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, located in southeastern New Jersey, encompasses over 116,116 acres (nearly 470 km2) of terrestrial, wetland and aquatic habitats within the Mullica River-Great Bay ecosystem. A wide range of habitats includes the pinelands, lowland swamps, fr

eshwater marshes, salt and freshwater tidal marshes, barrier islands (sandy beaches and dune habitats), shallow bays and the coastal ocean. Little more than one percent of this reserve has been subject to human development. The area is one of the least disturbed estuaries in the densely populated urban corridor of the northeastern United States. On October 20, 1997, the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve (JC NERR) was dedicated in honor of Jacques-Yves Cousteau. The JC NERR is one of 30 National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERR) created to promote responsible use and management of the estuaries in the United States. Estuaries, where the rivers meet the sea, are the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides. This mix of fresh and salt water creates a unique and very productive ecosystem vital to life both on land and in the sea. The mission of...

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