The Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network (NCBN) is one of 32 National Park Service I&M Networks across the country established to facilitate collaboration, information sharing, and economies of scale in natural resource monitoring. It is comprised of eight national park units, each of which contain a rich and varied array of natural and cultural resources. These parks and their partners are dedicated to understanding and preserving the region's unique resources through science and education.

The NCBN consists of 8 units located along the Atlantic seaboard . These parks are similar in their extensive coastlines that interface with uplands which grade into coastal rivers, estuaries, and open ocean, and by shifting sand ecosystems that comprise beaches, dunes, barrier islands, and coastal marshes.

This web site delivers information about these resources, the Network's Inventory & Monitoring Program, and the scientific activities underway through the Research Learning Centers. Learn more about specific topics by exploring the links on the left or visit the park units pages to discover the particular resources found at each of these special places.

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Climate Change in the National Parks

The NPS has implemented new measures to keep track of the effects of climate change in NCBN parks.
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Published Inventory & Monitoring Reports

A listing of published reports concerning natural resources that are monitored and managed at Northeast Coast and Barrier Network parks.
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