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A State - Federal Partnership
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Celebrate the Reserve's 20th Anniversary!
Click here for the schedule of upcoming events as well as other
activities for our 20 years as a Research Reserve!
Never been to the
Reserve?
Check out our Slide Show!
The Waquoit Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve (WBNERR) is located on the south shore of Cape Cod,
Massachusetts in the towns of Falmouth and Mashpee. It encompasses some 3,000
acres of open waters, barrier beaches, marshlands and uplands. Land components
include Washburn Island, South Cape Beach State Park, property surrounding the Quashnet River
and Reserve Headquarters. The Waquoit Bay NERR is part of the National Estuarine
Research Reserve System, which presently includes 25 sites in 20 states, and Puerto Rico.
Each site represents a different coastal region. The Waquoit Bay Reserve is representative of the
Northern Virginian biogeographic region, from Chesapeake Bay to Cape Cod. WBNERR is
co-funded and co-managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Ocean and
Coastal Resource Management, Estuarine Reserves Division and by the
Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. Our main office is
open to the public Monday through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm, closed holidays. Stop by to find out
more about our programs!
