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The Dreketi River is located in the island of Vanua Levu in Fiji. It is 65 kilometers in length and the deepest river in Fiji. It is 65 kilometers in length and the deepest river in Fiji. It is navigable for small crafts for 35 kilometers from its mouth and provides access to large tracts of fertile land through which it passes.
A 10-mile loop road through Rookery Bay was proposed in 1963 which would have facilitated vast coastal development around Rookery Bay. The Collier County Conservancy, the Nature Conservancy, the Collier Audubon Society, and a number of private investors, began a grass roots effort which resulted in the purchase of 3,362 acres which eventually became the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Sanctuary ...
Exhibits include fossils, butterfly rainforest, recreated southwest Florida mangrove forest and sea grass estuary, area Native Americans, Northwest Florida ecosystems, outdoor wildflower and butterfly garden, trails through 60-acre Natural Area Teaching Lab Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center: Hutchinson Island: Martin: Treasure Coast
The Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is a field laboratory and research facility [1] along Weeks Bay estuary, about 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) in size.It receives freshwater from the Magnolia and Fish Rivers, and drains a 198 square miles (510 km 2) watershed into the portion of Mobile Bay via a narrow opening.
The River, Estuary, and Coastal Observing Network (RECON) is a pioneering waterway observing system founded and maintained by Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) operated by the SCCF's Marine Laboratory at Tarpon Bay. [1] [2] RECON is funded primarily by private donations to SCCF's Marine Laboratory.
[31] [32] [33] The estuary is a major shipping center, the heart of the Houston Ship Channel, and the Port of Houston, Port of Texas City, and Port of Galveston drive much economic activity on the waterways. [34] Petrochemical industries are concentrated along the western shore, and the estuary also supports Texas's largest commercial fishery ...
The GTM Research Reserve Visitor Center is located at 505 Guana River Road in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.It is in the northern component of GTM Research Reserve, ten miles north of St. Augustine on State Road A1A in Ponte Vedra Beach, and serves as the administrative, education, research, and stewardship facilities for the northern component of GTM Research Reserve.
The Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve, located in the U.S. state of Florida, protects the biological diversity of the Apalachicola Bay as well as the economic value of the natural resources and pristine conditions.