Field training, intercalibration completed to support two new estuarine monitoring programs

SCCWRP and its partners have completed field training and intercalibration exercises to support a pair of monitoring initiatives intended to collectively generate comprehensive insights about the ecological health of coastal estuaries across California.

The intercalibration exercises, completed in August, mark the start of the field sampling season for the Southern California Bight 2023 Regional Monitoring Program’s newly launched Estuary Wetland Assessment study element, as well as for the second year of field sampling for California’s Estuary Marine Protected Areas (EMPA) monitoring program.

Monitoring data from the two programs will be combined to produce a comprehensive, holistic assessment of the extent and health of estuaries spanning the California coast, plus Baja California in Mexico.