Northern Plains and Mountains Regional Logic Model

1. Desired Outcomes / Impacts Environmental / Social Change Knowledge Actions • Specific: • Guidance on • outcome-based • monitoring plans • Better monitoring • of implemented • practices • Educate facilitators/ trainers • News Release / • Newsletter • Workshop • Website • Research and • monitoring • results • Geospatial tools • Occurs when there is a behavior change based upon what participants have learned (medium term): • Apply new and improved • monitoring practices • Adopt and use new • methods, skills or improved • technology Who we reach: Agricultural Producers Extension Faculty Tribal Communities Federal, state agency partners Watershed groups and conservation districts Initiative 1 Program: Monitoring, analysis, and interpretation of water resource data for watershed management and education Theme Audience Inputs Outputs Northern Plains and Mountains Regional Logic Model Monitoring Assessment of Best Monitoring Techniques Produce guidance for project managers on how to conduct project specific, out-based monitoring programs that Demonstrate improvements in water quality WQ Monitoring Certification Occurs when there is a change in knowledge or the participants actually learn (short term): Increased knowledge of water quality monitoring techniques Increased understanding of water management practices and decision making factors Improved understanding of data management and interpretation techniques • Occur when a societal and /or environmental condition • Is improved due to a participant’s action taken in the previous column • (long term) • Better use of monitoring • dollars, cost share, and • leveraging. • Better techniques for • identification of water quality • problems and impacts • Long-term improvement of • decisionmaking policy based • on monitoring data What we invest: Faculty, Staff Students Infrastructure, Equipment-eg. web development, training, etc. Federal, state and private funds Time, Effort Knowledge Coordination Volunteers Partners, Collaborators Assessment The collection of stakeholder opinions EXTERNAL FACTORS / BARRIERS - A brief discussion of what variables have an effect on the program or project, including those which cannot be changed by managers of the program, or project. For example, a education of young researchers will depend on number students enrolled in a particular program. ASSUMPTIONS- These are the premises based on theory, research, evaluation knowledge etc. that support the relationships of the elements shown above, and upon which the success of the portfolio, program, or project rests. For example, offering a water quality monitoring certification will facilitate behavior change in participants.