Hiring: Assistant Education Coordinator
Application Deadline: Dec 18, 2025 We are hiring a full-time permanent Assistant Education Coordinator (paygrade Curator/Preservationist 1 or 2) to support our Education program. Job Description: Conducts outreach, environmental education […]
Welcome: Ethan Bourque, Research Coordinator

Ethan grew up in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where an early introduction to hiking, camping, canoeing, and fishing fostered a lifelong connection to the outdoors. His interest in environmental systems continued […]
Welcome! Intern: Ava Boettiger

Welcoming our new intern, Ava Boettiger!
Sapelo Island Nature Trail Closed

The Sapelo Island Nature Trail is currently closed as we mitigate the failing causeway and replace it with a boardwalk. This will not only increase accessibility of trail, but will […]
Continously Operating Reference Station

In Fall 2023, in partnership with NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) and the National Park Service (NPS), Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve (SINERR) installed a permanent Continuously Operating Reference […]
Wetlands & Water Levels Monitoring

The goals of the Wetlands & Water Level (WLWL) Monitoring Project (formerly Sentinel Site) are to track changes to our coastal wetlands through monitoring changes in rates of soil accretion, […]
Beach Profile Monitoring

For the last 11 years SINERR, with the help of their Friends group, has been monitoring the beach profile of Nanny Goat beach. Beach profile monitoring is usually undertaken as […]
All together now

Sign up for The Newsletter here! Dear Friends & Colleagues, Summer is almost here, but we don’t need a calendar to know that, do we? We can tell by the […]
The Science of Tropical Cyclones

To coincide with the start of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve (SINERR) invites the public to join SINERR Manager Doug Samson. DATE: May […]
Celebration of National Estuaries Week 2019

SINERR to Host Public Beach Sweep in Celebration of National Estuaries Week 2019 Sapelo Island, GA: In celebration of National Estuaries Week, the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve (SINERR) […]