1988 Report to Congress: Coastal Barrier Resources System

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1988 Report to Congress: Coastal Barrier Resources System

This Report to Congress 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 March 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.

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1988-report-to-congress-executive-summary.pdf1.96 MB1.96 MB
1988-report-to-congress-vol-01.pdf22.26 MB22.26 MB
1988-report-to-congress-vol-02-maine.pdf16.69 MB16.69 MB
1988-report-to-congress-vol-03-massachusetts.pdf12.66 MB12.66 MB
1988-report-to-congress-vol-04-rhode-island.pdf8.42 MB8.42 MB
1988-report-to-congress-vol-05-connecticut.pdf7.98 MB7.98 MB
1988-report-to-congress-vol-06-new-york.pdf18.08 MB18.08 MB
1988-report-to-congress-vol-07-new-jersey.pdf7.33 MB7.33 MB
1988-report-to-congress-vol-08-delaware.pdf6.57 MB6.57 MB
1988-report-to-congress-vol-09-maryland.pdf14.68 MB14.68 MB
1988-report-to-congress-vol-10-virginia.pdf12.28 MB12.28 MB
1988-report-to-congress-vol-11-north-carolina.pdf11 MB11 MB
1988-report-to-congress-vol-12-south-carolina.pdf17.2 MB17.2 MB
1988-report-to-congress-vol-13-georgia.pdf16.72 MB16.72 MB
1988-report-to-congress-vol-14-east-florida.pdf17.32 MB17.32 MB
1988-report-to-congress-vol-15-west-florida.pdf19.5 MB19.5 MB
1988-report-to-congress-vol-16-alabama.pdf5.77 MB5.77 MB
1988-report-to-congress-vol-17-mississippi.pdf9.58 MB9.58 MB
1988-report-to-congress-vol-18-louisiana.pdf30.15 MB30.15 MB
1988-report-to-congress-vol-19-north-texas.pdf33.5 MB33.5 MB
1988-report-to-congress-vol-20-south-texas.pdf15.17 MB15.17 MB
1988-report-to-congress-vol-21-puerto-rico.pdf19.91 MB19.91 MB
1988-report-to-congress-vol-22-virgin-islands.pdf6.71 MB6.71 MB
1988-report-to-congress-appendix-a-shoreline-change-wetland-loss-case-study.pdf9.69 MB9.69 MB
1988-report-to-congress-appendix-b-great-lakes.pdf3.98 MB3.98 MB
1988-report-to-congress-appendix-c-hawaii-american-somoa.pdf3.01 MB3.01 MB
1988-report-to-congress-appendix-d-pacific-coast.pdf2.82 MB2.82 MB
1988-report-to-congress-appendix-a-shoreline-change-wetland-loss-case-study_0.pdf9.69 MB9.69 MB
1988-report-to-congress-environmental-impact-statement.pdf4.32 MB4.32 MB
Type of document
Report
Program
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)....
Program
Baileys Crossroads,VA
Ecosystem
Coastal