JCNERR Exhibit Photos
| Life on the Edge "Life on the Edge" opened to the public this summer and is located on the upper level of the Tuckerton Yacht Club at the Tuckerton Seaport in Tuckerton, NJ. It is designed to be a virtual walk through our estuarine system: from the headwaters of the Mullica River, through the Pinelands, into the marsh ecosystem in Great Bay and then finally out into the open ocean. Visitors can learn about the habitats that make up the JCNERR as well as the cutting-edge science that takes place within the reserve. The exhibit includes video interviews with scientists in the field, aerial footage of the reserve and an exciting new “Town Hall” interactive experience, where visitors can hear about different land use development scenarios. For more information call Lisa Auermuller, Watershed Coordinator, at 609.812.0649. View the pictures below to see the process of each exhibit being built and as it appears now. Click on the thumbnails to view the larger version of the picture. |
 |
Orientation Video Room
| A short introductory video descirbes the many habitats within the ecosystem of the Estuary. Images below show how an empty space is transformed into a video classroom. | ||
 |
 |
 |
Introduction Wall
| This wall displays pictures of the various habitats within the Estuary. | ||
 |
 |
 |
Pinelands Section
| The creation of an "indoor forest"... | |||
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Walking though the pinelands gives visiors a sense of being in the unusual "blackwater streams" forest. | |||
 |
 |
 |
|
Bridge to the Marsh
| Click on images below to view the process of building the "bridge to the marsh," which takes visitors out of the forested Pinelands into the open marshes and wetlands of the Great Bay. | |||
 |
 |
 |
 |
Marsh and Great Bay Section
| The marsh section describes not only the vegetation and birdlife in Great Bay, but also scientific aspects of the ecosystem and research done by IMCS. See each section in the images below being built from start to finish. | |||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Boat and Dunes Section
| This section contains a representation of the dunes along the Great Bay property and an interactive "boat," complete with steering wheel. Below is the front view of the boat... | ||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| ...and from the "driver's" perspective. | ||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
The Leo-15 Room
| In a replica of a portion of the RUMFS, visitors can see for themselves the kind of technology and data from the LEO-15 that the RUMFS scientists work with. | |||
 |
 |
||
| The development of the "meet a scientist" and "field station gear" sections. | |||
 |
 |
 |
 |
Open Ocean Section
| Finally, the visitors leave the marsh and the field station to exit into the open ocean. Below, see this section through each stage of being put together. | |||
 |
 |
 |
 |
Town Meeting Section
| The last section, the "Town Meeting" provides visitors with insight into the problems and challenges facing the JCNERR today. | |
 |
 |
