The Wadden Sea Conservation Station (German: ''Schutzstation Wattenmeer'') is a non-profit, NGO in North Germany. The organisation was founded in 1962 and, since then, has been one of the official NGO partners of the Wadden Sea National Parks. Today the conservation group employs over 100 young people, both volunteers and paid workers, at its headquarters in

Husum Husum (, frr, Hüsem) is the capital of the ''Kreis'' (district) Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The town was the birthplace of the novelist Theodor Storm, who coined the epithet "the grey town by the sea". It is also the home of ...

and the 17 stations on the westcoast of

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

. The main work of the organisation is running continuous monitoring programmes, such as bird-monitoring, monitoring of the tidal-influenced benthos and coastal-monitoring. Also the station carries out a wide programme of guided tours, information evenings and other PR activities. At

Westerhever Westerhever ( da, Vesterhever) is a municipality in Nordfriesland in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Geography Westerhever lies on the northwestern tip of the Eiderstedt Peninsula. The Westerheversand Lighthouse is a major landmark on ...

at Hallig Hooge and at Hallig Langeneß the stations run three training establishments. Since 2009 there has been a German Foundation "Stiftung Schutzstation Wattenmeer" which supports the everyday work of the organisation.

External links

Official website of the Wadden Sea Conservation Station

Official website of the foundation (''Stiftung Schutzstation Wattenmeer'')
{{in lang, de Nature conservation organisations based in Germany Non-profit organisations based in Schleswig-Holstein Organizations established in 1962 1962 establishments in West Germany