The Rachel Carson reserve is part of the North Carolina Costera Reserve and the National estuarine research reserve. The reserve “is a network of 10 protected sites established for long -term research, education and administration. This program protects more than 44,000 stones of land and water, which provides essential habitat for wildlife; offers educational opportunities for students, teachers and the public, training for professionals; and serves as living laboratories for scientists.”
The program of activities includes leading teachers to explore and learn about estuarine environments. Teachers in the estuary (bag). See this video.
From the Rachel Carson reserve itself:
“The Rachel Carson reserve is locationed Between the Mouths of the Newport and North Rivers and Directly Across Taylor’s Creek from The Historic Town of Beaufort in Carteret County. The Main Part of the Site, Just South of Beaufort, Town’s, Bowal’s, Boddsh WHIRDUSS, WHIRDUSS, WHIRDUSS, WHIRDUSS, WHIRDUSS, WHIRDUSS, WHIRDUSS, WHIRDUNUNUWUWUWUNUDES, WHICDUWUWUWUWCE HORSE ISLAND ISLAND ISLAND ISLAND ISLD THREE MILES LONG AND LESS MILING WIDTH.
The islands and pusty waters of the Rachel Carson reserve are strongly influenced by the dynamics of the river and the entrance and the tides twice a day. The resulting mixture of fresh and salty water creates a pristine estuarine environment where youth fish and invertebrates find shelter and food. There are several sets of important coastal habitats on the site that include: tide floors, marshes, ocean beach, soft bottom, shell bottom, finger areas per dredging, sand dunes, shrubs, submerged and maritime aquatic vegetation.
More than 200 bird species have been observed on the site, which is located within the Atlantic migratory fly road. Many species are considered rare or decrease in number. The site is an important feed area for Wilson Chorlitos in the summer and the pipelines in the winter. The middle seafood bush supports a garceta and a novelty of the heron. A variety of mammals inhabits the island, including River’s otter, Gray Fox, Marsh Rabbit, Raccoon and a flock or wild horses. Atlantic bottle nose dolphins, diamondback landowners, sea turtles and many species of fish and invertebrates are found in the estuarine waters that surround the site. “Source here.
To see the location on Google Earth, click on the map below.
