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What Determines Program Success?

From (name): Input from May 1998 Workshop
This issue or subject is considered to be: Very Important
Date: 07 Jun 1998

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Concern #20: What determines program success? It was suggested by some at the May 1997 workshop that success should be determined by some measurable, positive, response in the panther population. Should this policy be adopted, quite invasive types of monitoring would be required. I would argue that program success could be determined by a simple assessment of the number of acres of priority panther habitat on which escalated development has been prevented by the lease agreement. This type of policy would require much less intrusive access to monitor.

Response #20: Good suggestion. The lease -- and many of the suggestions for applying the lease -- are now based on this concept. See Lease Concept #3 and Guidelines to Applying the Lease #8, #9, #10 and #13.

Green: 16 -- 9 landowner, 4 government, 1 landowner/government, 1 landowner/conservation, 1 other

Yellow: 2 -- 1 landowner/other, 1 government

Orange: 4 -- 3 government, 1 conservation

1. Some basic wildlife population dynamic monitoring I believe is important to document success.  A baseline/benchmark should be defined at the beginning of the lease, followed by some low level monitoring to adjust land management treatments if deemed necessary.
2. Periodic (5 year?) site visits are needed to ensure management program are being implemented.
3. Success should be measured by the amount of natural habitat and "priority" altered habitat that has come under lease, not the success of any one species.
4. We cannot guarantee anything related to a specific species.   Therefore, our attention must be directed to habitat.
5. Monitoring is not and does not have to be very "intrusive."
6. Scope of project has changed from panther to all listed species.   "Invasive" types of monitoring is erroneous - there are levels of monitoring.  Quality habitat exists for threatened and endangered species, but none use it due to small parcels, extirpation, etc.
7. Success cannot be based on the # of acres of blocked development.   Needs to be ecological and quality based.
8. The panther is not our concern.  Protected habitat is a fair measure of success.