Monitoring is essential for learning.  The EIS—by identifying a learning objective—sets in motion stronger requirements for follow-up monitoring than ever before.  Further, the experiment, with its rigorous design, increases the credibility of monitoring results, and provides more understanding for the monitoring investment.  As the project unfolds, researchers will also be drawn to one of the largest scale replicated experiments in  North America.  Initial monitoring plans from the EIS are described below.  Detailed monitoring plans are being written.