Specifications include, but are not limited to: A professional science consulting firm to perform a variety of environmental science and monitoring services tasks that will, in accordance with CRMS, enhance the capability, efficiency, and responsiveness of the CPRA to achieve Louisiana’s coastal protection and restoration needs. The CRMS program involves data collection at 389 monitoring sites across the Louisiana coastal zone. The services required will include the monitoring of a range of ecological parameters that include: surface water salinity, temperature and water level, soil porewater, herbaceous vegetation, forested vegetation, soil characteristics, surface elevation changes and vertical accretion. The Contractor will also provide support to the CPRA for ecological reporting and analysis, project-specific monitoring, and database management. High-quality deliverables produced under this contract will contribute to the further execution and expansion of the coastal protection and restoration program and its goals. The contracting process to be established by the CPRA will be on a task order basis. The CPRA Contract Manager will coordinate all efforts throughout the contract period including task scopes and negotiations, and will assign tasks to the Contractor as needed.