Implementation Step 6: Measures of Success Worksheet In this facilitated session, your small group will select one or two action items from the ideas to action worksheet and complete the worksheet. Measures of Success Example: Measures of Success Worksheet Improving the situation: to Sustain Ecosystem Services in the Saco Estuary Idea to Action to Outcome: Identify sources of nutrients through monitoring of runoff so that policies and management actions can be targeted to known sources and improvements in water quality can be compared against a baseline. Action Items Measures of Success Accountability Comments 1.Examine existing Existing data is Americorps Intern under Identify gaps in coverage of water quality data for examined for supervision of Stewardship existing sampling regime. Share nutrient hot spots geographic scope, Coordinator results within the sampling sampling timeframe, by October 2012 network. database is created; hot spots are mapped 2. Conduct Thatcher Brook Saco River Corridor Training will be needed and surveys for evidence of watershed survey Commission and Saco volunteers supervised nutrient runoff such as completed Summer and River Salmon Club algal blooms Fall 2012 Volunteers, Coordination and support by Americorps Intern by October 2012 3.Contact local Volunteers to Same as above Same as above watershed group to monitor top 10 priority July 2012 Host cookout and boat trip at end request monitoring of hot spots of summer to celebrate volunteer hotspots this summer accomplishments for grant 319 Grant for NPS Stewardship Coordinator Look for community grants money to expand Pollution Reductions NERR and Soil and Water supporting local action and local capacity of volunteer Conservation District business support. Consider water quality network Next cycle March 2013 partnering with schools for and increased lab monitoring in the future costs 5.Contact landowners Presentations to each Co-op extension and Soil Design questionnaire for for information on of the local farm co-ops and Conservation landowners using landowner nutrient applications in the region and to District working with local input. Link message about in regions of hot spots municipal officials with champions and land nutrient reduction to existing cable access owners incentive programs that support broadcasting. Contact landowners actions to improve the 80% of landowners by situation February 2013
Implementation Step 6: Measures of Success Worksheet In this facilitated session, your small group will select one or two action items from the ideas to action worksheet and complete the Measures of Success worksheet. Example: Measures of Success Worksheet Improving the situation: to Sustain Ecosystem Services in the Saco Estuary Idea to Action to Outcome: Identify sources of nutrients through monitoring of runoff so that policies and management actions can be targeted to known sources and improvements in water quality can be compared against a baseline. Action Items Measures of Success Accountability Comments 1.Examine existing water quality data for nutrient hot spots Existing data is examined for geographic scope, sampling timeframe, database is created; hot spots are mapped Americorps Intern under supervision of Stewardship Coordinator by October 2012 Identify gaps in coverage of existing sampling regime. Share results within the sampling network. 2. Conduct surveys for evidence of nutrient runoff such as algal blooms Thatcher Brook watershed survey completed Summer and Fall 2012 Saco River Corridor Commission and Saco River Salmon Club Volunteers, Coordination and support by Americorps Intern by October 2012 Training will be needed and volunteers supervised 3.Contact local watershed group to request monitoring of hotspots this summer Volunteers to monitor top 10 priority hot spots Same as above July 2012 Same as above Host cookout and boat trip at end of summer to celebrate volunteer accomplishments for grant money to expand capacity of volunteer water quality network and increased lab costs 319 Grant for NPS Pollution Reductions Stewardship Coordinator NERR and Soil and Water Conservation District Next cycle March 2013 Look for community grants supporting local action and local business support. Consider partnering with schools for monitoring in the future 5.Contact landowners for information on nutrient applications in regions of hot spots Presentations to each of the local farm co-ops in the region and to municipal officials with cable access broadcasting. Contact 80% of landowners by February 2013 Co-op extension and Soil and Conservation District working with local champions and land owners Design questionnaire for landowners using landowner input. Link message about nutrient reduction to existing incentive programs that support landowners actions to improve the situation
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