This Report to Congress was directed by Section 10 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (Pub. L. 97-38) has been prepared as a 22-volume compendium with 4 appendixes. It was compiled under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks by the Coastal Barriers Study Group, a task force of professionals representing the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, and other Departmental offices. Volume 1 of the report describes the CBRS and discusses and presents recommendations on conservation and management alternatives for the CBRS. It also includes a description of the coastal barrier definition and delineation criteria used in DOI' s study and recommendations and an analysis of the impacts of general revenue sharing funds in the CBRS. Volume 1 is a revised version of the document released in 1985 ("Coastal Barrier Resources System Draft Report to Congress"). Volumes 2-22 of the report contain background information about each State's or Territory's coastal barriers coastal barriers
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Learn more about coastal barriers and coastal programs, maps of undeveloped coasta1 barriers, and recommendations for specific additions to, deletions from, or modifications of the boundaries of the CBRS in those States or Territories. Appendix A is a report on shoreline change and wetland loss in the CBRS and Appendixes B, C, and D are reports containing preliminary and general information about the coastal barriers of the Great Lakes, Hawaii and American Samoa, and the Pacific Coast, respectively.

This report was preceded by the Department’s 1987 Draft Report to Congress: Coastal Barrier Resources System, which solicited public comments on proposed maps.