Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve

10/31/2026

Hope to see you all at the Brunswick showing of our Tides & Tales Film Festival at the SoGlo Theatre on Thurs Nov 6 6pm-9pm! 🎥
Our feature film is 'A Thousand Rivulets Run', a film by Sam Ghioto and Andrew Bellacomo. This documentary film explores the conservation of Georgia’s salt marshes, inspired by the Coastal Marshlands Protection Act.
🌊 Come learn about our beautiful coast, see some great local short films and chat with us!
🎟️ Tickets still available at: https://soglotheatre.com/events/tides-tales-film-festival-screening

10/22/2026

Our hearts are heavy with the passing of a true pillar of Sapelo and McIntosh County, Allen Bailey. His generosity was immense, and he gave selflessly. No words can adequately express the impact he had or the loss his family, friends, and community now realize. Our thoughts and prayers are with his loved ones. Gone far too soon, but never forgotten.

10/19/2026

🦸‍♀️ NOT ALL SUPERHEROES WEAR CAPES. SOME GROW IN THE MUD!

Meet the salt marsh: a coastal superhero, fish nursery, carbon champion, and storm-buffering powerhouse. And it does all of this without asking for a single day off!

Our salt marshes are more than beautiful views along the Georgia coast. They support fisheries, provide essential wildlife habitat, store carbon, and help protect coastal communities. That’s why Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve is proud to be part of the Georgia SASMI Implementation Team, working alongside over 400 partners on the South Atlantic Salt Marsh Initiative (SASMI), a four-state effort to conserve and restore 1 million acres of salt marsh across the South Atlantic. Learn more at: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/27245f873dcb41a79d191bdf5003dabb.are

💚 YOUR TURN: If you could give the salt marsh one superhero title, what would it be?
The Defender? The Nursery Manager? The Carbon Champion? Or something even better? Drop your ideas below! 👇

10/16/2026

Like fish? Like art? Then join SINERR and CRD's marine biologists on November 3rd at the McIntosh Art Association for a night of Gyotaku, or Japanese fish print making.
Visit https://mcintoshartassociation.com/classes/ to learn more or call (912)437-7711 to register today!

09/24/2026

Saltmarshes contribute to our wellbeing! We should appreciate our local estuaries this National Estuaries Week by thinking about all the wonderful benefits they bring us and continue to think about them as we make decisions that affect our coast! The health and wellness of our salt marshes can affect the wellness of our communities and the preservation of these spaces can have a direct affect on the preservation of our emotional well being! Human beings feel more relaxed viewing the marshes, feeling the sun shining on them, and being in the great outdoors! According to the National Park Service, physical activity in green spaces lowers stress and reduces cortisol levels by 15%!

So this Estuaries Week, and go experience your local marsh and see these special places to experience the mental wellbeing you can get from being within the peace of nature!

09/17/2026

Have you done research, a project, internship, thesis, field study, or other science thing connected to Sapelo Island or McIntosh County?
✨ WE WANT YOUR POSTER. ✨

As part of our SINERR 50th Anniversary Celebration Summit, we're hosting a special Student & Research Poster Session to showcase the amazing work happening around Sapelo and the surrounding coast.
Whether your research involves marsh grass, oysters, fish, birds, bugs, water quality, archaeology, climate, Gullah-Geechee culture, or something so scientifically specific that only three other people on Earth understand it... we want to see it!
Submit your poster here:
👉 https://forms.gle/2GDTfFLDhJq89BadA

And if you DON'T have a poster to present but still love SINERR (or at least love shrimp?)
🍤 COME TO THE LOW COUNTRY BOIL! 🍤
Join us on December 5th at the SINERR Visitor Center for an evening of food, drinks, music, friends, and celebrating 50 years of Research, Stewardship, Education & Collaboration on the Georgia coast.

🎟️ Tickets & celebration details:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sapelo-island-nerr-anniversary-celebration-tickets-1988940219738?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join us on Georgia’s coast to celebrating science, culture, and community with the Sapelo Island NERR.

09/14/2026

We loved seeing this story from NERRA highlighting the nearly 30-year partnership between the National Estuarine Research Reserve System and YSI to advance estuarine water quality monitoring through shared expertise, technology, and training.
That same spirit of long-term collaboration is at the heart of what we do here at SINERR. Through our System-Wide Monitoring Program (SWMP), SINERR has been collecting standardized water quality data around Sapelo Island for more than 20 years! We measure temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, and more every 15 minutes, 24/7. 🌱💧

These long-term datasets help us understand how our estuary is changing and provide a foundation for research, resource management, and coastal decision-making.

Hannah Nicklay at the Lake Superior Reserve. Photo courtesy of David Bowman. Unsafe for swimming. No fishing allowed. Shellfish beds closed. These are the l ...

08/25/2026

Join us December 3–5 for the SINERR 50th Anniversary Summit and Community Celebration, bringing together scientists, historians, students, community members, partners, and friends to celebrate the Reserve’s first 50 years—and look ahead to what comes next.

Hear from renowned coastal scientists and historians, as they explore Sapelo and SINERR’s history, scientific legacy, and importance to Georgia’s coast.

The celebration also includes:
🔬 A social hour
🚢 Optional field trips to Sapelo Island on Thursday and Saturday morning
🦐 A Low Country Boil and Community Celebration on Saturday afternoon
🎶 A special performance by the McIntosh Ring Shouters

Whether you have been part of SINERR’s story for decades or are just discovering the Reserve, we hope you’ll join us for this once-in-50-years celebration!
🎟️ Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sapelo-island-nerr-anniversary-celebration-tickets-1988940219738
📌 Full event details:
https://sapelonerr.org/snerrevent/sinerr-50th-anniversary-summit-community-celebration/


https://sapelonerr.org/snerrevent/sinerr-50th-anniversary-summit-community-celebration/

December 3–5, 2026 Join the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve as we celebrate 50 years of research, education, conservation, partnership, an ...

08/24/2026

Join our Wild Reads Book Club! Each month we will select a new book our staff is reading or has read and give some discussion questions to think about. If you read a book with us, be sure to chat about it and tag us!
Click the link below to learn more about our August Book of the Month- Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law, recommended by Brittany, our CTP Coordinator
https://sapelonerr.org/sinerrs-wild-reads-august/