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Louisiana’s Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS)

Implementing Organization

State of Louisiana

Overview

DWH Project Funding

$22,918,224

Known Leveraged Funding

$0

Funding Organization

Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees (NRDA)

Funding Program

Natural Resource Damage Assessment NRDA

Details

Project Category

Science

Project Actions

Monitoring and Observations

Targeted Resources

Other

Project Description

The Louisiana’s Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) provides valuable data for the nearshore habitats and resources targeted for Natural Resources Damage Assessment restoration, including coastal wetlands and habitats on Federally Managed Lands, and will help address restoration priorities described in the Programmatic Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan and Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PDARP/PEIS). This Monitoring and Adaptive Management (MAM) activity is intended to support evaluation of regional restoration outcomes within the Louisiana Restoration Area; perform data aggregation and data management; inform restoration decision-making; and perform monitoring to inform the design, implementation and adaptive management of existing and future restoration projects. The CRMS program provides extensive information on the vegetation, soils, water levels, flooding, marsh elevation, land/water ratios throughout the coastal zone. There are approximately 390 CRMS sites representing fresh, intermediate, brackish, and saline wetland types and forested wetlands. The DWH LA TIG has used CRMS data collection protocols and CRMS data for project planning and evaluation. CRMS standardized data collection schedules have been adopted in NRDA restoration monitoring and adaptive management plans. This project will partially fund CRMS for the State of Louisiana fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023.

Contact

Beth Golden
(225) 342-4708
beth.golden@la.gov
Project Website
Project Partners

None

Affiliated Institutions

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