RICH HAMEL, Life member of the Friends of South Slough Reserve and Representative at Large Member of the South Slough Reserve Management Commission, both volunteer positions. Members of the Management Commission are appointed by the Govenor or Oregon in accordance with ORS 273.554.

FRIENDS OF SOUTH SLOUGH

The general mission of the Friends of South Slough Reserve, Inc., as a volunteer non-profit organization, is to promote and assist the Reserve in its educational and research activities. The principal mission of the Friends is to raise funds, in addition to those provided by state and federal budgeting, through the involvement of anyone, anywhere who is interested in the National Reserve Program.

SOUTH SLOUGH NERR

The South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve was established in 1974 as America’s first such Reserve through a federal state agreement that preserves 4,400 acres on an arm of the Coos Bay estuary. The Reserve is primarily a research area to study how estuaries function. As an element of the Oregon Coastal Zone Management Program, the Reserve is to serve as a source of scientific information essential to coastal zone management decision making and to serve as an educational facility to students, teachers and the public.