Coastal Program

The purpose of the Coastal Program is to conserve fish and wildlife and their habitats to support healthy coastal ecosystems. The Service provides funding through the program to 22 high-priority coastal ecosystems.

The program is guided by 4 goals: -Serve coastal communities by providing assessment and planning tools to identify priority habitats that should be protected and restored. -Conserve pristine coastal habitats through support of locally-initiated conservation efforts. -Restore degraded coastal wetland, upland, and stream habitats by working with partners to implement on-the-ground projects. -Focus resources through conservation alliances that leverage the financial and technical resources of our partners and multiply the impact of the taxpayer's dollar.