U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceThis boundary outlines one of the priority areas, Atlantic Coast: Coastal Resiliency and Coastal Habitat Restoration, designated by the Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies' Landscape Conservation Wildlife Committee with input from state and federal agency staff. The Atlantic Coast of the Northeast Region includes a diverse complex of wetlands, beaches, bays, estuaries, and rivers that support significant concentrations of resident and migratory fish and wildlife alongside human development. In addition to impacts from human modification and encroachment, the marshes, beaches, and other coastal habitats and species are increasingly being impacted by rising sea levels and more frequent and intense storms such as Hurricane Sandy. A coordinated landscape approach is needed to build on existing efforts by states and partners to accelerate planning and implementation of coastal habitat restoration resulting in increased resiliency of coastal natural systems, habitats, at risk listed and other priority species, and coastal communities in the face of these impacts. This layer was created in 2023 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service using the EPA's Level III and IV Ecoregions by State . Some modifications were made to the inner boundaries of the ecoregions to exclude highly developed/non-coastal areas. The final merged polygon was buffered by 100 meters.ArcGIS FeatureLayerhttps://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/330ff8d1d49740e49bfc5dfdcc67acd2_0engU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Open DataPublicAtlantic Coast Boundary [United States]Web servicesUnited StatesLast Modified: 2025-04-10