Exploring Estuaries: Estuaries Scenes of Transition Poster

Overall, the site is designed to illustrate the many different types of estuaries and the complexity of challenges facing them today. The Web site is part of a broader effort by the National Estuary Program to educate the general public about estuaries and to restore and protect these sensitive ecosystems.

This painting by John Dawson includes more than 100 different plants and animals that live in estuaries. It also shows several different types of estuaries—from the rocky shores of the Pacific Northwest to the warm beaches of the Gulf Coast. EPA incorporated the painting into a poster entitled, Estuaries: Scenes of Transition (.png), complete with a key of scientific names for many of the plants and animals found in the painting. You can meet the artist and view photos of the painting being created.