ACE Basin
Marsh Madness
Welcome to
Marsh Madness!
Everything you need to know will be on this website including the rules, links to the brackets and scoring rubrics, and information about all the animals that are competing!
This competition is meant to be educational and fun! Many of these match ups are very unlikely to ever happen in the wild. This is a way for you to learn about the animals that live in, visit, and utilize the ACE Basin and discover their unique adaptations.
The ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve is one of the largest undeveloped estuaries on the east coast and is managed by SCDNR. The Ashepoo, Combahee, and Edisto rivers come together to form nearly 100,000 acres of land and salt marsh that so many different species call home.
Brackets are due the first Friday in February.
Battle winners will be announced every Monday for the next 8 weeks. The championship and winners will be announced the last week of March!
The rest of this website contains additional resources for participation. Browse the site or click the links below!
For detailed rules on participation
To download this year’s bracket and submit your completed bracket
To learn about this year’s contenders
Questions?
Contact MarineEducation@dnr.sc.gov for more information.
The 2024 competition is over. Thank you to those who participated!