Now more than ever, our nation’s most environmentally, economically, and culturally important waters need your help. A host of threats loom over the future of our coasts and the communities that rely on them. Sea-level rise, flooding, erosion and other impacts from a changing climate are impacting an increasing number of areas with increasing frequency.
Restore America’s Estuaries works to counter these and other threats with a host of partners nationwide. Your donation will help us engage local communities to bring about on-the-ground results, advance science and policy to conserve endangered areas across the country, and ensure the benefits of coastal restoration are shared by all communities.
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If you prefer to donate by check, you may download our Donation Form and mail a check to:
Restore America’s Estuaries
2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 603
Arlington, VA 22201
Federal Employees: Our Combined Federal Campaign number is 12070.
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If you have any questions, please call 703-524-0248 or email Lance Speidell.
National Estuaries Week 2025 will celebrate our estuaries this year from September 20 – 27. In partnership with our friends at the National Estuarine Research Reserve Association (NERRA) and the Association of National Estuary Programs (ANEP), we want to encourage you to celebrate what makes your estuary special!
If you are hosting a restoration project during NEW, please submit it to be featured on our 2025 National Estuaries Week Project Map!
In Washington, D.C., our elected officials have demonstrated a strong commitment to protecting and preserving estuaries by officially designating September 21-28, 2024 as National Estuaries Week through resolutions passed in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate resolution, led by Senators Cassidy and Whitehouse, garnered support from 29 bipartisan Senators. In the House, the resolution was championed by the co-chairs of the Congressional Estuaries Caucus—Representatives Bonamici, Larsen, Mast, and Posey—alongside 17 bipartisan Representatives, recognizing the vital importance of our bays, coasts, sounds, and estuaries.
Host a clean-up or restoration project at your local estuary and submit the project description to our form below to be featured in our 2025 National Estuaries Week Project Map!
This year, we are partnering with the National Environmental Education Foundation to highlight our estuary conservation projects as a part of National Public Lands Day on Saturday, September 27. With your permission, projects will be shared across both maps to demonstrate that we are “Together for Tomorrow” wherever we #WadeIn.
Use the hashtag #WadeIn and be sure to tag RAE and our partners on social media with a story or image detailing why your estuary is important to you! Leading up to and during National Estuaries Week, RAE will be featuring posts across our social media channels highlighting what makes the estuaries we reside in our homes.
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National Estuaries Day began in 1988 to promote the importance of estuaries and the need to protect them. In partnership with the National Estuaries Program, National Estuarine Research Reserve Association, Restore America’s Estuaries, and many other organizations, we have extended the festivities to a whole week. It is an annual celebration and campaign to increase public awareness of estuaries and to encourage people to become involved in the protection of these important natural resources.
