Coastal Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program - CEMAP

Objectives of Coastal Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program:

• Develop and test ecological indicators and monitoring designs while developing an ongoing coastal program
• Integrate and synthesize existing coastal data
• Conduct program within context of the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds

Address environmental problems:

• Low dissolved oxygen, eutrophication, chemical & biological contamination, habitat modification, cumulative impacts
• Water Quality Status Assessment (305b)

• 303d listings
  
  Contribute to providing a scientific and statistically valid basis for:

• Data collection
• Resource management
• Take the tools developed during the project and build them into DEQ’s core programs, including ambient monitoring

Extent of CEMAP:

• 1999- 80 total sites all estuaries excluding the main stem of the Columbia River, but including embayments up to RM 65. 30 sites collected in the Tillamook Intensive study
• 2000- 50 sites exclusively in the Columbia River up to Bonneville
• 2001- 32 sites all estuaries excluding Columbia Estuary
• 2002- 65 inter-tidal sites in all estuaries, excluding Columbia River, 30 sites collected in the Coos Bay intensive study.
• 2003- 50 sites near-coastal waters in depths ranging from 30-120 m with similar indicators as 1999-2001
• 2004- 43 sites in all estuaries including Columbia River up to river mile 24
• 2005- 25 sites in all estuaries including Columbia River up to river mile 24
• 2006- 25 sites in all estuaries including Columbia River up to river mile 24

How CEMAP data are used:

• Data will be used to determine the extent of the contamination of the estuary
• For more CEMAP information
• A number of reports will use this information including:
• EPA-National Coastal Conditions Report
• 2003 West Coast cruise report PDF
• Condition of Oregon Estuaries in 1999 PDF
• 303(d)
• 305(b)
• TMDL