DIGITAL MAPPING PILOT PROJECT
REPORT AND
DRAFT MAPS
NOW AVAILABLE FOR
PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT
Public Comment Period:
April 7, 2009 – July 6, 2009
Service Seeks to Bring Coastal Barrier Resources System Maps Into Digital Age
 On April 7, 2009, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released to the public its Report to Congress: John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Digital Mapping Pilot Project and announced the start of a 90-day public comment period. The report, which was directed by the Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-514), highlights the benefits of updating Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS) maps with more accurate and precise digital maps to better protect people, coastal areas and natural resources.
We invite the public to review and comment on the report to Congress and draft maps created for the 70 pilot project units. We must receive comments on or before July 6, 2009. Mail or hand-deliver comments to: Coastal Barriers Coordinator, Division of Habitat and Resource Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 860A, Arlington, VA 22203 or send comments by e-mail to: CBRAcomments@fws.gov.
Report to Congress
Draft Maps and Digital Boundaries
News Release
Notice of Availability
List of Units
The Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA) of 1982 established the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS), comprised of undeveloped coastal barriers along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Great Lakes coasts. The law encourages the conservation of hurricane prone, biologically rich coastal barriers by restricting Federal expenditures that encourage development, such as Federal flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program. CBRA is a free-market approach to conservation. These areas can be developed, but Federal taxpayers do not underwrite the investments. CBRA saves taxpayer dollars and encourages conservation at the same time. CBRA has saved over $1 billion and will save millions more in the future. Approximately 3.1 million acres of land and associated aquatic habitat are part of the CBRS. The Fish and Wildlife Service maintains the repository for CBRA maps enacted by Congress that depict the CBRS. The Service also advises Federal agencies, landowners, and Congress regarding whether properties are in or out of the CBRS, and what kind of Federal expenditures are allowed in the CBRS.
Coastal Barriers
John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System
John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Fact Sheet
John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Map Units
What Is Included in the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System?
Categories of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Units
What is an “Undeveloped Coastal Barrier”?
Federal Spending Prohibitions
Modification of Boundaries
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Role
Accomplishments
Map Modernization
Maps of Coastal Barrier Resources System
State Locator Maps
Download Official CBRS Maps
Download Digital CBRS Boundaries
For more information about the Coastal Barrier Resources System send e-mail or contact:
Katie Niemi
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Division of Habitat and Resource Conservation, Room 860
4401 N. Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone: (703) 358-2161 |
