The south slough nerr was designated in 1974 and is in oregon

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded $3,010,500 under the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves program to support operations, research, education, training, and stewardship activities at the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve in Oregon from July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. $780,000 in federal funding will be matched by $334,500 in state funding from the Oregon Department of State Lands in the form of staff salaries and other operational expenses. The funding will support the Reserve's core functions as a field laboratory for long-term research, monitoring, education, and coastal training through projects conducted by the Reserve's manager, operations manager, facilities supervisor, education program coordinator, education specialist, and other staff.

The reserve is administered by the department of state lands (DSL) who is submitting this application for FY 22 funds to support operations, research and monitoring, education, training and stewardship activities from july 1, 2022 through december 31, 2023. DSL is requesting $780,000 which will be matched by $334,500 expended by DSL in the form of salaries and other payroll expense as well as operational services and supplies. Other payroll expense includes the cost of retirement funded by the state, health insurance benefit costs selected by each staff member, and a portion of costs of social security. State funds and payroll expenses provided as match include partial salaries for the manager ($28,560), operations manager ($28,771), facilities supervisor ($15,943), park ranger assistant ($18,428), administrative assistant ($20,675), education program coordinator ($33,261), the education specialist ($24,466), watershed MON