The tijuana river national estuarine research reserve (TRNERR) was designated in 1982 and is located in imperial beach, california

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $1,103,850 cooperative agreement to the Southwest Wetlands Interpretive Association under the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves program (CFDA 11.420). The funding will support the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve located in Imperial Beach, California in carrying out research, monitoring, and coastal management programs from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. As the designated administrative lead agency, California State Parks will oversee tasks performed by the Southwest Wetlands Interpretive Association, a non-profit organization, to ensure seamless reserve operations. Funded activities will identify and prioritize issues to be addressed by the Tijuana River Reserve and further the National Estuarine Research Reserve System's goal of creating natural field laboratories for coastal data collection and studies.

The california department of parks and recreation is TRNERR's federally designated administrative lead agency. The southwest wetlands interpretive association (SWIA) is a 501C3 non-profit foundation working with california state parks to carry out the reserve's research and monitoring programs. These tasks support identifying and prioritizing coastal management issues that can be addressed by the tijuana river national estuarine research reserve and national estuarine research reserve system. All tasks carried out by SWIA and its employees under NOAA grant funds are overseen by the reserve manager and will be fully integrated with those california state parks (CSP) tasks, so as to provide for seamless reserve operation and are covered under a 2011 MOU between CSP and SWIA. The reserve activities identified in this operations award will be consistent with (