Support and Facilitation of Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program (PSEMP) Work Groups
Purpose
The Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program (PSEMP) is seeking to hire an individual or consultant team to coordinate one or more PSEMP Work Groups. Topic-based technical work groups are the primary venue to assemble the many entities from across Puget Sound that are responsible for and implement actual environmental monitoring efforts. For more information about the purpose and scope of PSEMP, please see the 2024-2028 Strategic Plan. The PSEMP Work Groups we are seeking coordination for are as follows:
- Forage Fish and Food Webs Work Group
- Marine Birds Work Group
- Marine Mammals Work Group
- Marine Waters Work Group
- Salmonids Work Group
- Spatial Data Work Group
Coordination includes supporting the work group’s meetings, events, and products as detailed in
the scope of work (section 1.2) below.
Background
The Puget Sound Partnership (Partnership) was created in 2007 to lead and coordinate the
Puget Sound recovery effort. As the backbone organization, one of the Partnership’s functions is to support the Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program (PSEMP). The mission of PSEMP is to convene a collaborative network of subject matter experts who organize, synthesize, and communicate scientific information from many monitoring organizations and different parts of the ecosystem to directly address foundational management and science questions critical to the recovery of the ecosystem.
The goals of the PSEMP Work Groups are centered around collaborating across monitoring
programs, supporting adaptive management of recovery efforts, and improving communication to improve access to credible information to guide recovery decisions. For more information about the work groups, please visit their work group web pages and work plans. The work plans include details and planned activities through June 2025 (find all PSEMP Work Group web pages and work plans here).
- Forage Fish and Food Webs Work Group: Web Page, Work Plan 2024-25
- Marine Birds Work Group: Web Page, Work Plan 2024-25
- Marine Mammals Work Group: Web Page, Work Plan 2024-25
- Marine Waters Work Group: Web Page, Work Plan 2024-25
- Salmonids Work Group: Web Page, Work Plan 2024-25
- Spatial Data Work Group: Web Page, Work Plan 2024-25
