![Bluff Point - Main Trail, by Judy Benson/Connecticut Sea Grant](https://estuarineresearchreserve-center.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3556/2022/11/Bluff-Point-State-Park-Judy-Benson-Connecticut-Sea-Grant-400x267.jpg)
Bluff Point – Main Trail: Judy Benson, Connecticut Sea Grant, www.flickr.com/photos/ctnerr/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
![Winter marsh at Great Island, Old Lyme (Judy Preston, CTSG)](https://estuarineresearchreserve-center.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3556/2023/01/Winter-marsh-at-Great-Island-Old-Lyme-Judy-Preston-CTSG-e1678894012791-451x338.jpg)
Winter marsh at Great Island: Judy Preston, CTSG
![Bluff Point Lookout, by Judy Benson / Connecticut Sea Grant. www.flickr.com/photos/ctnerr/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)](https://estuarineresearchreserve-center.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3556/2023/01/Bluff-Point-Judy-Benson-Connecticut-Sea-Grant-400x267.jpg)
Bluff Point Lookout: Judy Benson, Connecticut Sea Grant. www.flickr.com/photos/ctnerr/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
![](https://estuarineresearchreserve-center.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3556/2023/01/Lynde-Point-Saybrook-Inner-CT.-Photo-credit-to-Larissa-Graham.-400x300.jpg)
Lynde Point Lighthouse: Larissa Graham
![Avery Point Landscape (Uconn)](https://estuarineresearchreserve-center.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3556/2023/02/averypoint-400x266.jpeg)
Avery Point Landscape: https://averypoint.uconn.edu/about/our-research/
![Barred Owl hiding from the Mob (of Blue Jays), by Corey Leamy. www.flickr.com/photos/ctnerr/ (CC BY-NC 2.0)](https://estuarineresearchreserve-center.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3556/2022/11/Barred-owl-Corey-Leamy-scaled-e1676564409157-400x389.jpg)
Barred Owl hiding from the Mob (of Blue Jays): Corey Leamy, www.flickr.com/photos/ctnerr/ (CC BY-NC 2.0)
![Teachers learn about the Long Island Sound (Long Island Sound Study)](https://estuarineresearchreserve-center.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3556/2022/12/LISS-Teacher-workshop-no-credit-scaled-e1672248851381-400x274.jpg)
Teachers learn about the Long Island Sound: Long Island Sound Study
![Griswold Point 1, 2020: Judy Benson / Connecticut Sea Grant. www.flickr.com/photos/ctnerr/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)](https://estuarineresearchreserve-center.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3556/2023/01/Griswold-Point-Judy-Benson-Connecticut-Sea-Grant-400x267.jpg)
Griswold Point 1, 2020: Judy Benson / Connecticut Sea Grant. www.flickr.com/photos/ctnerr/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
![Students explore the rocky shoreline of the Sound: Judy Preston, CTSG](https://estuarineresearchreserve-center.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3556/2022/12/middle-schoolers-exploring-Judy-Preston-CTSG-400x300.jpg)
Students explore the rocky shoreline of the Sound: Judy Preston, CTSG
![Map of the Reserve boundary. The boundary includes the lower parts of the CT River and Thames River, open water in Long Island Sound, and](https://estuarineresearchreserve-center.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3556/2023/02/CT-NERR-Map-CT-DEEP-400x272.png)
CT NERR Map: by CT DEEP. www.flickr.com/photos/ctnerr/ (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
![Blueback herring returning from sea to spawn - 1, by Peter J. Auster. www.flickr.com/photos/ctnerr/ (CC BY-NC 2.0)](https://estuarineresearchreserve-center.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3556/2023/04/Auster_Herring-600x254.jpg)
Blueback herring returning from sea to spawn – 1: Peter J. Auster. www.flickr.com/photos/ctnerr/ (CC BY-NC 2.0)
![Students learn about the Long Island Sound (Long Island Sound Study)](https://estuarineresearchreserve-center.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3556/2022/12/Outreach-400x377.jpg)
Students learn about the Long Island Sound: Long Island Sound Study