Appendix 3-6 List of Coastal Areas Designated By Federal Programs –

Where Water Quality Monitoring is Already Underway

Table 3-6A National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) locations.

(A few reserves consist of two or more distinct sites).

Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto (ACE) Basin, SC

Apalachicola Bay, FL

Chesapeake Bay Reserve, MD (Jug Bay, Monie Bay, Otter Point Creek)

Chesapeake Bay Reserve, VA

Delaware Reserve, DE (St. Jones River, Blackbird Creek)

Elkhorn Sough Reserve, CA

Grand Bay Reserve, MS

Great Bay Reserve, NH

Guana Tolomato Matanzas Reserve, FL

Hudson River Reserve, NY (Stockport Flat, Tivoli Bay, Iona Island and Marsh, and Piermont Marsh)

Jacques Cousteau Reserve, NJ

Jobos Bay Reserve, PR

Kachemak Bay Reserve, AK

Narragansett Bay Reserve, RI (Prudence Island, Hope Island, Patience Island)

North Carolina Reserve, NC (Currituck Banks, the Rachel Carson Component, Masonboro Island, Zeke’s Island)

North Inlet-Winyah Bay Reserve, SC

Old Woman Creek, OH

Padilla Bay Reserve, WA

Rookery Bay Reserve, FL

San Francisco Bay Reserve, CA (Rush Ranch, China Camp Park)

Sapelo Island Reserve, GA

South Sough Reserve, OR

Tijuana River Reserve, CA

Waquoit Bay Reserve, MA

Weeks Bay Reserve, AL

Wells Reserve, ME

Table 3-6B NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuaries (NMS) and Reserves. Most of them are located in offshore waters and range in size from less than one square mile to 5,300 square miles.

Acadia National Park, Maine

Channel Island NMS, California

Cordell Bank NMS, California

Fagatele Bay NMS, American Samoa

Florida Keys NMS, Florida

Flower Garden Banks NMS, Texas

Gary’s Reef NMS, Georgia

Gulf of the Farallones, California

Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale NMS, Hawaii

Monitor NMS, Virginia

Monterey Bay NMS, California

Northwest Hawaiian Islands (Coral Reefs Ecosystem Reserve), Hawaii

Olympic Coast NMS, Washington

Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank NMS, Massachusetts

Thunder Bay NMS, Michigan

Table 3-6C EPA’s National Estuary Program Sites

Albemarle-Pamlico Sounds, North Carolina

Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program, Louisiana

Barnegat Bay, New Jersey

Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

Casco Bay, Maine

Charlotte Harbor, Florida

Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries, Texas

Lower Columbia River Estuary, Oregon

Delaware Estuary, Pennsylvania and New Jersey

Delaware Inland Bays, Delaware

Galveston Bay, Texas

Indian River Lagoon, Florida

Long Island Sound Study, New York and Connecticut

Maryland Coastal Bays Massachusetts Bays

Mobile Bay, Alabama

Morro Bay, California

Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

New Hampshire Estuaries New York-New Jersey Harbor

Peconic Estuary Program, New York

Puget Sound Action Team, Washington

San Francisco Estuary, California

San Juan Bay, Puerto Rico

Santa Monica Bay, California

Sarasota Bay, Florida

Tampa Bay, Florida

Tillamook Bay, Oregon

Table 3-6D Examples of National Parks Along the Coast

Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland and Virginia

Biscayne National Park, Florida

Canaveral National Seashore, Florida

Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts

Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina

Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina

Channel Islands National Park, California

Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia

Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida

Everglades National Park, Florida

Fire Island National Seashore, New York

Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida, Mississippi

Padre Island National Seashore, Texas

Point Reyes National Seashore, California

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Minnesota

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan