Deepwater Horizon Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group Monitoring and Adaptive Management Activity Implementation Plan - Activity to Develop and Implement an Interactive Lessons Learned Database

Sep 12, 2026

Implementation plan for a Monitoring and Adaptive Management (MAM) activity that creates an interactive lessons learned database for coastal Louisiana restoration. The Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (LA TIG) will develop an electronic repository spanning planning to construction, summarizing lessons from restoration projects and enabling teams to enter new lessons. The plan emphasizes structured input from CPRA offices, project planners and managers, and MAM staff to support consistent restoration decision-making and improve assessment and reporting.

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Introduction

Purpose of this Document

MAM Activity Description

Background

Deepwater Horizon Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group MONITORING AND ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN Activity to fill a critical Programmatic MAM Need: Louisiana Interactive Lessons Learned Database Implementing Trustee: CPRA 1 Introduction The Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (LA TIG) Monitoring and Adaptive Management (MAM) Strategy provides guidance to support the LA TIG in identification of MAM activities that will maximize resource benefits and support assessment and reporting of Natural Resource Damage and Assessment (NRDA) funded ecosystem restoration (Deepwater Horizon Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group, 2021) . SMART Objectives were developed for seven of the LA funded Restoration Types and additional MAM needs were identified to support multiple Restoration Types (Cross Restoration) as well as activities needed to support Programmatic MAM Needs (Deepwater Horizon Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group, 2021) . Filling these identified MAM needs supports the commitment of Trustees to conduct monitoring and scientific support activities within an adaptive management framework (PDARP/PEIS Appendix 5 . E; DWH NRDA Trustees, 2016) so that Trustees can evaluate restoration effectiveness, address potential uncertainties related to restoration planning and implementation, and provide feedback to inform future restoration decisions (Williams, 2011; Williams et al., 2009) . The programmatic objectives identified in the LA TIG MAM Strategy included development and implementation of a practical, accessible, and usable tool for capturing and accessing lessons learned. The activities in this proposed Monitoring and Adaptive Management Implementation Plan (MAIP) are to develop and implement an interactive, lessons learned database to meet this identified MAM need. 2 Purpose of this Document For the Monitoring and Adaptive Management (MAM) activity “Develop and Implement an Interactive Lessons Learned Database” this Monitoring and Adaptive Management Implementation Plan (MAIP) will support the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (LA TIG) Strategy programmatic MAM objectives. The identified need and activities to address this fundamental programmatic MAM objective are stated within the LA TIG MAM Strategy (Table 1), and were previously identified within the Louisiana Adaptive Management Status and Improvement Report: Vision and Recommendations report (Deepwater Horizon Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group, 2021; The Water Institute of the Gulf, 2020) . Table 1. The identified need and associated activities to address the fundamental programmatic MAM objective related to capturing lessons learned from restoration projects. From Table 10 of the LA TIG MAM Strategy document. | \#1 DWH NRDA Lessons learned are systematically captured and incorporated into future project selection, design, implementation, and evaluation accessed by Trustees and available for use by planners/ engineers/ consultants for DWF NRDA in coastal Louisiana | | --- | | (1) Develop and employ a process for identifying lessons learned from LA TIG restoration projects and rationale for operation and maintenance decisions to inform future planning and objective setting
(2) Capture LA TIG restoration lessons learned (e.g. , within DIVER or a database), where they can be accessed by project planners, implementers, and contractors
(3) Evaluate former projects conducted under other programs, as needed, to apply lessons learned to DWHNRDA restoration planning (AM Framework Report \#59) | 3 MAM Activity Description 3.1 Background The objective of this project is to create an electronic repository for ecosystem restoration lessons learned during ecosystem restoration of coastal Louisiana, from planning to construction, at programmatic and project scales. It will use project reports to summarize recent lessons learned, provide a mechanism for entry of new lessons learned by project teams, and facilitate deliver

FAQs

What is the purpose of the Monitoring and Adaptive Management Implementation Plan?

It supports LA TIG strategy programmatic MAM objectives by developing and implementing an interactive lessons learned database for Louisiana restoration projects.

What will the interactive lessons learned database provide to restoration stakeholders?

It will serve as an electronic repository that summarizes lessons learned from planning through construction, allows new lessons entry by project teams, and delivers the knowledge to restoration staff in an accessible way.

How will the project ensure the database is used as a standard part of restoration implementation?

By focusing on strong input from restoration project team staff and MAM staff across CPRA offices and TIG Trustee agencies, promoting consistent adoption within the adaptive management framework.

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