Components

The objectives of the Coastal component of EMAP-West are to:

• Describe the current ecological condition of estuaries in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, California, and Hawaii.
• Work with the states and others to build a strong program of ecological monitoring which will lead to better management and protection of western estuaries.
• Develop the infrastructure in the Region and in the States to implement the monitoring program.

Web mapping includes the 1999 Coastal sampling stations.

View the photo gallery from 1999 Coastal sampling season.

The primary objectives of the Landscape component are to:

• Transfer landscape indicator and assessment technology to the Regions for conducting regional-scale landscape assessments and identifying areas that are most vulnerable to declines in aquatic resources.
• Conduct landscape indicator quantification studies to assist in the interpretation of specific landscape indicators relative to water resources.
• Develop landscape approaches to assist the Regions in dealing with key non-point source pollution.
• Assist the Regions in planning and implementing landscape assessments and in interpreting results.

The purposes of the Surface Waters component are to:

• Describe the current ecological condition of flowing waters of the west.
• Build a database for the long-term monitoring of the west.
• Develop methodologies to advance the science of understanding the ecological function of western ecosystems and the relation of human influence.
• Work with the states and others to build a strong program of ecological monitoring that will lead to better management and protection of the waters of the west.
• Monitoring Stream Condition
• Upper Missouri River Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program
• Western Streams and Rivers Statistical Summary