North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

North Inlet-Winyah Bay protects 24,000 acres of South Carolina’s coastal soul—salt marshes, tidal creeks, and maritime forests where freshwater meets the Atlantic. This estuarine research reserve is a working laboratory studying how these ecosystems breathe, filter, and sustain life along the coast. It’s not a postcard destination, but it’s critical habitat for everything from wood storks to diamondback terrapins. Rep the reserve doing the quiet work of protecting our shorelines and advancing coastal science.