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FRPA Resource Evaluation Program

FRPA's Resource Evaluation Program (FREP) assesses, identifies issues, and seeks continuous improvement to ensure stewardship. Learn about objectives, highlights, plans, Indicator development, and evaluation types.

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FRPA Resource Evaluation Program

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  1. FRPA Resource Evaluation Program • FREP Purpose and Objectives • Highlights of 2003 • Plans for 2004 • Development of indicators • Use of indicators • Indicator review • Evaluation types • Evaluation intensities

  2. FRPA Resource Evaluation Program FREP Purpose: • Assess effectiveness of FRPA • Identify implementation issues • Continuous improvement

  3. PBRADFOR: effectiveness in achieving stewardship of 11 resopurce values implementation issues re; policies, practices and legislation FRPA Resource Evaluation Program • FREP Objectives: • Evaluate status, trends and causal factors • Determine if practices are sustainable • Identify options for change

  4. PBRADFOR: indicators soils, riparian, WLT visuals, water, biodiversity, karst projects -- noxious weend, WLT II, cutblock size FRPA Resource Evaluation Program Highlights of the past year: • Working Group • Charter • Indicators • Evaluation questions • Evaluation projects

  5. PBRADFOR: protocols -- RVTL, stakeholder involvement, partnership FRPA Resource Evaluation Program • Protocols • Roles and responsibilities • Extension note Highlights of the past year continued: • Web site • Course • Communication plan • Data management plan

  6. FRPA Resource Evaluation Program PBRADFOR: indicators -- develop more, test existing, implement refine questions • Indicators • Evaluation questions • Evaluation projects • Course Plans for 2004: • Stakeholder involvement • Evaluation questions • Forest Practices Board

  7. FRPA Resource Evaluation Program Use of Routine and extensive indicators: • Forest Practices Board • FREP • Others

  8. FRPA Resource Evaluation Program Indicator review: • Improve indicators • Document lessons learned • Tools for other teams • Consistent terminology

  9. Premise • That the sum of effective forest practices at the site scale may equal the desired result at the watershed scale

  10. FRPA Resource Evaluation Program Evaluation types: • Compliance • Did they follow the legal requirements? • Implementation • Did they implement the desired forest practise? • Effectiveness • Are the forest practices achieving the desired result? • Validation • Are the assumptions about the desired results scientifically valid?

  11. FRPA Resource Evaluation Program Effectiveness Evaluation intensities: • Routine • visual qualitative data, Yes-No checklists • Extensive • categorical data with comparisons to templates • Intensive • continuous data with comparisons to controls

  12. FRPA Resource Evaluation Program Development of indicators to date: • Working Groups • Board pilots

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