Hudson River Ecosystem Monitoring Program (HREMP)

Hudson River Ecosystem Monitoring Program (HREMP)

A sustained, comprehensive ecological monitoring program of the Hudson River is essential to continue to advance scientific understanding and inform future management decisions. Working with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), fisheries scientists, and other stakeholders, the Hudson River Foundation (HRF) is supporting the next phase of Hudson River monitoring.

History of Long-term Monitoring in the Hudson River

Beginning in the 1980s, the utility companies operating on the Hudson River funded annual fish surveys to study how existing and proposed powerplants may entrain early live stages of fish and affect the overall health of the Hudson River ecosystem, creating an important long-term data set and improved understanding of how fish are distributed in the river. The closure and decommissioning of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant ended the utility companies’ support for the more than 40 years of fisheries monitoring. In 2022, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, the NYS custodian of the Indian Point Community Fund provided the Hudson River Foundation with $6.5M to work in close collaboration with DEC and other fisheries scientists and stakeholders to initiate a multi-year effort to provide ecological data and analysis that would be the basis of a new Hudson River monitoring program – the HREMP.

The HREMP will build on the historical Hudson River monitoring data sets managed by Stony Brook University, DEC, and Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies and fill important data and knowledge gaps to enhance the management of the Hudson River fisheries and understanding of the ecosystem they depend upon.

Scope of Services

The Hudson River Foundation seeks a (“Consultant”) to implement a three-year monitoring program in the Hudson River through data collection, analysis, and reporting. The Consultant is requested to develop and describe their approach including the data collection methods and protocols needed to successfully provide the various services outlined herein.

Available Budget

The total budget to implement the three-year monitoring effort described in the Scope of Services and fulfill the project’s reporting and other obligations cannot exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000).

Eligibility

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