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Our Mission
The Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve brings together scientists, landowners, policy-makers, and the public to ensure that coastal management decisions benefit flora and fauna, water quality, and people.
Fast Facts:
- Established in 2006
- We are the 3rd largest NERR at 186,189 acres
- The only NERR in Texas
- The only NERR west of the Mississippi in the Gulf of Mexico
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Nurdle Patrol
Marine Debris Page
Learn more about marine debris research and impacts by clicking HERE.
Bay Education Center
Come visit us at the Bay Education Center!
Amos Rehabilitation Keep (ARK)
Check out the Amos Rehabilitation Keep (ARK)!
Mission-Aransas Twitter
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There were 116 surveys conducted in July, for a total of 1,996 surveys that Nurdle Patrol has performed since November 2018. A total of 1,103 different sites have been surveyed. Thanks to Dr. Lindsay Scheef for these visuals and to all the citizen scientists for collecting data. t.co/WFAkcPSXsC
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We hosted 30 + decision makers, resource managers, and community leaders for a workshop on planning for #conservation and considering the impacts of #climate change at @MissionAransas @UTMSI in Port Aransas yesterday t.co/p7kZlnzlSf
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At the 2019 Coastal Bend Hurricane Conference with local emergency management leaders talking resilience for Texas Coasts t.co/MOTbvUtGAk
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Come to the Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve and Learning Center tonight at 6pm for my talk on who owns coastal land and how that land is managed (free and open to the public) t.co/vVjqhlzzqP
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We’re are excited to be at the International Crane Foundation office in Rockport working on collective action problem solving for commercial and recreational fishermen with abandoned crab traps along the Texas Coast. t.co/PQBJ0vhAnH
