Coastal Barrier Resources System Digital Mapping Pilot Project Fact Sheet

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), in November 2016, completed its Congress: John Final Report to H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Digital Mapping Pilot Project (pilot project), which includes a set of final recommended maps for 65 Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS) units. The pilot project report fulfills the requirements of Section 3 of the 2006 Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act (Pub. L. 109-226). The document provides additional information about the pilot project and its results.

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Aerial view of an undeveloped coastal freshwater pond.
We administer the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA), which encourages the conservation of storm-prone and dynamic coastal barriers by withdrawing the availability of federal funding and financial assistance within a designated set of units known as the Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS)....
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