North Inlet -Winyah Bay Reserve

Description:

The reserve features the salt marshes and ocean dominated tidal creeks of the North Inlet Estuary plus the brackish waters and marshes of the adjacent Winyah Bay Estuary. North Inlet is a relatively pristine system in which water and habitat quality are much higher than those in Winyah Bay. As the estuary with the third largest watershed on the east coast, Winyah Bay has been greatly influenced by agriculture, industry and other human activities. More than 90 percent of North Inlet's watershed is in its natural forested state. The reserve is home to many threatened and endangered species, including sea turtles, sturgeons, least terns and wood storks.

Directions:

The reserve is located in Georgetown County, South Carolina, 30 miles south of Myrtle Beach and 50 miles north of Charleston.

Address:

North Inlet -Winyah Bay Reserve

University of South Carolina, Baruch Marine Field Laboratory

P.O. Box 1630

Georgetown SC 29442

Phone:

843-546-3623

Email:

Jin.Wang@noaa.gov

Organization:

NOS - National Ocean Service