The North Inlet-Winyah Bay (NIWB) NERR was established in 1992 as a partnership between National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of South Carolina’s Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences. We are one of 29 Estuarine Research Reserves around the coastal United States dedicated to conservation, research, education and stewardship in America’s estuaries. We are headquartered at the internationally recognized Baruch Marine Field Laboratory in Georgetown, South Carolina.