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Measures and Metrics Work Group

Measures and Metrics Work Group. A workgroup of the Forest Stewardship Project Developing measures and metrics for The Forest Stewardship Program. Work Group Members. Gerald Andritz, New York Karen Bennett, chair, New Hampshire Brett Butler, Forest Service Karl R Dalla Rosa, Forest Service

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Measures and Metrics Work Group

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  1. Measures and MetricsWork Group A workgroup of the Forest Stewardship Project Developing measures and metrics for The Forest Stewardship Program

  2. Work Group Members Gerald Andritz, New York Karen Bennett, chair, New Hampshire Brett Butler, Forest ServiceKarl R Dalla Rosa, Forest Service Mike Huneke, Forest Service Morten Moesswilde, MainePaul Wright, consultant, Forest Service retired Jim Finley, PennsylvaniaBarbara Tormoehlen, Forest Service Sherri Wormstead, Forest Service Associates: Chuck Reger, Bob Fitzhenry, and Mark Buccowich, Forest Service

  3. Purpose and Anticipated Products Develop Outcome Measures and Reporting Strategies that demonstrate the impact and influence resulting from the adoption of various approaches developed through the Stewardship Project.

  4. The Challenge and Opportunity • Take a fairly simple way of documenting program level of success---Forest Stewardship Plans and acres---- • For the states to document • For the Forest Service to group to show national program accomplishments • BUT one that doesn’t adequately show all our efforts and impacts • Create a system of measuring success that better reflects all our efforts and impacts • Likely more complicated for both the states and the Forest Service to track

  5. Principles • Use a a mix of measures that are quantitative and qualitative (success stories). • Have a spatial component for the quantitative and qualitative information. • Not all approaches to monitoring and reporting will be generated by State Forestry Agencies. (for example the National Woodland Owners Survey may be a source). • Not all measures are documented every year---some are annual accomplishments and some are cumulative benefits.

  6. Principles • Not all States will report against all measures. • Measures used by a State should reflect State capacities and priorities as detailed in State Assessment and Resource Strategies and annual grant narratives. • Measures should be feasible to document with resources and reporting systems currently available or as adapted as an outgrowth of the Forest Stewardship Project. • Measures already reported by the States including the related National S&PF Core Performance Measures and measures reported to PMAS and WebDET should be included.

  7. Principles • SMART: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and reasonable, and Time-bound. • Minimize reporting burden on the States.

  8. All work products are available at the Forest Stewardship Project google site http://sites.google.com/site/stewardshipproject/Home/measures-and-metrics The Measures and Metrics Work Group welcomes feedback from the State Foresters. Please contact work group chair: Karen Bennett, karen.bennett@unh.edu or 603.862.4861.

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