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Next Steps: 1.OWEB has implemented Riparian Livestock Exclusion Effectiveness Monitoring using Washington’s protocols 2.Investigate the creation of a statistical center. 3.OWEB is working to track OWEB funded monitoring around the state through a monitoring database 4.OWEB is highlighting specific completed monitoring grants online 5.Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team will make available a summary document of the workshop 6.IMST will publish the recommended framework for OWEB OWEB Effectiveness Monitoring Workshop April 18 & 19, 2006TRANSCRIPT
OWEB Effectiveness Monitoring Program
Key Components
Effectiveness Monitoring Workshop
Development of definitions
Effectiveness Monitoring of:
Livestock Exclusion Projects
Juniper Removal Projects
Irrigation Efficiency Projects
OWEB Effectiveness Monitoring Workshop
April 18 & 19, 2006
Early Recommendations:1. Coordinate with Washington’s reach scale effectiveness
monitoring
2. The need for a statistical “help” center
3. Consistency among monitoring protocols and or key parameters
4. The ability to roll-up data
Next Steps:
1. OWEB has implemented Riparian Livestock Exclusion Effectiveness Monitoring using Washington’s protocols
2. Investigate the creation of a statistical center.
3. OWEB is working to track OWEB funded monitoring around the state through a monitoring database
4. OWEB is highlighting specific completed monitoring grants online
5. Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team will make available a summary document of the workshop
6. IMST will publish the recommended framework for OWEB
OWEB Effectiveness Monitoring Workshop
April 18 & 19, 2006
Effectiveness Monitoring of Livestock Exclusion Projects
Contract Awarded to Tetra Tech EC June 2006 to monitor 4 OWEB funded projects at 6 sites around the state
Pre-implementation Monitoring will occur June 2006
Projects will be implemented before June 2007
Post-implementation monitoring will occur in Spring 2007
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Riparian Livestock Exclusion Projects
Effectiveness Monitoring of Juniper Removal Projects
Photo Courtesy of Aaron Holmes
Completed juniper removal effectiveness monitoring of 7 projects in Crook and Wheeler counties.
Possible expansion to Lake, Klamath, and Grant counties
Using results to develop priorities and guide future funding decisions
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Crook and Wheeler Co. Juniper Effectiveness Monitoring Projects
5 Recommendations based on Juniper Monitoring
1. Conduct a Juniper Management Workshop2. Draft and distribute guidelines for Juniper
Project site selection and implementation.3. Establish a protocol for pre-treatment data
collection.4. Expand monitoring effort to additional counties.5. Continue to support Juniper removal research.
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Grant and Lake Co. Possible Juniper Monitoring Projects
Effectiveness Monitoring of Irrigation Efficiency Projects
Results will be used to develop funding objectives, guidance for grantees, and help guide future funding decisions
Project Types Include: Irrigation system upgrades, push-up dam removal, catchment pond creation and others.
Photos Courtesy of Walla Walla Watershed Council
Distribution Recently Funded OWEB Irrigation Efficiency Projects
An administrative focused assessment to determine if the terms and conditions of a
restoration contract were met and to determine if the project is in compliance with
any rules or regulations.
Monitoring to determine if a restoration project was
implemented as planned.
Monitoring to determine if restoration actions has the desired
effect on physical processes or habitat.
Compliance
(short-term)
Implementation (medium-term)
Effectiveness (long-term)
OWEB Restoration Grant Monitoring
All OWEB funded projects. A sub-set of all OWEB projects. A sub-set of all OWEB projects.
Collected through compliance monitoring reports and project
administration.
Partially collected through OWRI, Exhibits C & D reporting additional data collection still TBD.
Collected through specific effectiveness monitoring by-way-of
monitoring grants or other sources.
Definition
How OWEB collects
Monitoring Intensity
How and Why OWEB uses
To confirm that all OWEB funded projects are in compliance with OWEB
grant requirements and applicable rules and laws.
To ensure that OWEB funded projects are implemented as planned, document lessons
learned, research needs, and to provide longer term tracking of
certain restoration action.
To measure the effectiveness of OWEB funded projects at meeting
restoration objectives and to determine if the restoration actions
had their desired effects on physical and biological processes.
Example One compliance monitoring report submitted to OWEB within 60 days of
project completion with a photo of completed project.
Restoration reporting form and Exhibits C & D submitted at
appropriate time with restoration activity quantified and mapped. Additionally a sub-set of projects could be verified with site visits.
Projects of a specific type will be chosen for evaluation using a BACI design to
determine if the restoration actions had the desired effects on physical
processes or habitat. Also a sub-set of all OWEB funded projects will be
randomly chosen for effectiveness evaluation.
Compliance Monitoring Example
Step 1: Grant AwardedExample: Large Wood Placement Project
Step 2: Project CompletedExample: Large Wood Placed in Stream
Step 3: Project Completion report submitted within 60 days • Information that project was in compliance with all OWEB grant requirements.
• Match was met, completed on time.
• Information that project was in compliance with any permits or BMP’s.• All permits for wood placement were acquired and followed.
• A picture of the completed project.
Implementation Monitoring Example
Steps 1-3: Same as Compliance Monitoring
Step 4: OWRI Restoration Reporting Form Turned In (Implementation Monitoring Begins)
• Map of where LWD was placed.
• Restoration activity quantified: # and dimensions of log structures placed, stream characteristics where they were placed, method of placement.
Step 5: Additional Implementation Monitoring• Random selection of projects to evaluate if the project was implemented as planned, including project location verification, before and after photo points, field verification of restoration treatment.
Effectiveness Monitoring Example
Steps 1-5: Same as Implementation Monitoring
Step 6: Effectiveness Monitoring
Project Scale Effectiveness Monitoring
Evaluate the effectiveness of certain types of restoration projects that OWEB funds. Current project types under evaluation include Juniper Removal, Irrigation Efficiency, Livestock Exclusion.
Watershed Scale Effectiveness Monitoring
Such as IMW’s used to evaluate whether restoration activities had the desired effects on physical processes or habitat. LWD placement increased residual pool volume and use by fish.