The California Estuary Monitoring Program (CalEMP) is an ongoing, statewide effort to assess the quality and condition of California estuaries by leveraging regional and local monitoring programs and projects. The program is designed to evaluate estuarine health and condition using a standardized, comprehensive, function-based assessment framework. Program partners have collaboratively developed assessment frameworks, standardized monitoring protocols, data structures, and quality control measures to ensure consistency and comparability across projects and sites.

Participating Programs/Projects

• Estuary Marine Protected Area Monitoring Program
• Southern California Wetland Recovery Project Regional Monitoring Program
• Climate Resilient Monterey Bay Regional Monitoring Program
• Southern California Bight Regional Monitoring Project
• Santa Monica Bay NEP Monitoring Project
• Baja California Monitoring Project