DOCUMENT PURPOSE: THIS DOCUMENT LAYS OUT THE PLAN FOR EXECUTING THE FINAL YEAR OF OUR THREE-YEAR PHASE 2 OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDING THE SCHEDULE AND HOW THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT ON THE END USER WILL BE ASSESSED. PROJECT PURPOSE: PHASE 1 WAS A ONE-YEAR FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT TOOK PLACE ENTIRELY AT UC SANTA CRUZ (LEAD INSTITUTION) AND IS NOW CONCLUDED; PHASE 2 ENCOMPASSED YEARS 2-4 AND IS DESIGNED TO SHEPHERD OUR CALIFORNIA HARMFUL ALGAE RISK MAPPING (C-HARM) SYSTEM FROM THE R&D PHASE TO AN OPERATIONAL FOREVER HOME. NOAA HAS DEVELOPED A FRAMEWORK FOR EXECUTING ECOLOGICAL FORECASTS ESPECIALLY FORECASTS FOR HABS AND TRANSITIONING THESE FORECASTS FROM DEMONSTRATION TO OPERATIONS. NOAA S NATIONAL CENTERS FOR COASTAL OCEAN SCIENCE (NCCOS) IS TASKED WITH DEVELOPING AND TRANSITIONING HAB MODELS AND FORECASTS DEVELOPED BY PARTNERS TO NOAA AS A STEP TOWARDS FURTHER TRANSITION TO OPERATIONS. THE HAB MODEL AND FORECAST CAPABILITY MEETS NEEDS THAT NOAA HAS IDENTIFIED IN A SET OF WORKSHOPS IN CALIFORNIA. ESTABLISHING A HAB FORECAST CAPABILITY FOR DOMOIC ACID (DA) EVENTS IN CALIFORNIA IS CONSIDERED TO BE A KEY MILESTONE IN CREATING A NATIONAL HAB FORECAST SYSTEM. THIS IS ALIGNED WITH NOAA S REGIONAL AND NATIONAL TRANSITION PLANS AND COORDINATED EFFORTS THROUGH NOAA S ECOLOGICAL FORECASTING ROADMAP. SINCE LEAD PI CLARISSA ANDERSON HAS MOVED TO A NEW POSITION AT UC SAN DIEGO AND IS NO LONGER AT UC SANTA CRUZ THIS DOCUMENT REQUESTS THAT THE PROJECT BE FUNDED TO UCSD FOR ITS FINAL 1+ YEAR.