South Slough Reserve

Contact: Jin.Wang@noaa.gov
Phone: 541-888-5558

The South Slough Reserve contains upland forests, freshwater wetlands and ponds, salt marshes, mud flats, eelgrass meadows and open water habitats. Major activities at the reserve include K-12 and adult education; ecological research and monitoring; and wetland restoration.

South Slough is the southwestern arm of the larger Coos estuary. The Coos estuary is an example of a drowned river mouth estuary. The formation of such estuaries along the Oregon coast began 20,000 years ago as glaciers melted and sea level began to rise, flooding river valleys.

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The reserve is located five miles south of the city of Charleston, Ore., on the South Slough of the Coos Bay estuary.

More info at http://nerrs.noaa.gov/SouthSlough/

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