Rookery Bay Reserve protects 110,000 acres of coastal lands and waters at the northern end of the Ten Thousand Islands on the gulf coast of Florida, Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve represents one of the few remaining undisturbed mangrove estuaries in North America.It is managed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Coastal Office in cooperation with NOAA. National Estuarine Research Reserve System overview of Rookery Bay, website accessed on 4 Nov 2006
