Restoration Monitoring Needs Assessment Training

Dear Restoration Practitioners:
In 2011 NOAA assessed the training needs among restoration practitioners. Restoration monitoring was ranked as the number one training need.

Now, NOAA and Restore America's Estuaries and partners are designing a training workshop to meet this need. To do so, we need your help to determine the focus, training objectives, and intended outcomes.

The information you provide will help us to design a workshop that will be offered at the 2014 Summit in Washington, D.C. [For more information on the Summit, please visit www.estuaries.org/summit]. This workshop will also be available later at more local and regional venues around the country.

We would appreciate your responses by February 21, 2014. This should take no more than 5 minutes to complete. Thank You.

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* 1. Would you attend a workshop on restoration monitoring? (If you are not interested, there is no need to continue with this survey)

Yes

Maybe

Comments

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* 2. What is your organizational affiliation?

Federal

State

County

Regional

Tribal

Business

University

NGO

Other

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* 3. In what region of the U.S. do you conduct most of your restoration work?

Northeast

Great Lakes

Mid-Atlantic

Southeast

Gulf

Caribbean

California

Pacific Northwest

Alaska

Pacific islands

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* 4. What is your primary role in restoration (If you have multiple roles, identify the top two roles that you perform most often)?

Planning/Administration

Design and Evaluation

Technical Support (GIS, Surveying, Hydrologic Modeling, etc)

Coordination

Permitting

Funding

Environmental Monitoring

Comment

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* 5. Below are some examples of topics that can be a focus for the workshop based on initial feedback. Please identify which topic(s) are of interest to you. Use the comment box to elaborate on the topic(s) you selected.

If none of the topics are of of interest to you, provide alternative topics in the comment box. The more specific you can be in the comment box, the more targeted we can make the training.

Monitoring for a Changing Climate

Monitoring to Evaluate Performance

Monitoring for Ecosystem Services

Monitoring Restored Hydrology and Water Quality

None of the Above

Other/Comments

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* 6. Check the elements of a monitoring strategy that you would want a training to focus on.

	High	Medium	Low
Developing core monitoring questions	Developing core monitoring questions High	Developing core monitoring questions Medium	Developing core monitoring questions Low
Monitoring protocol design	Monitoring protocol design High	Monitoring protocol design Medium	Monitoring protocol design Low
Data collection methods	Data collection methods High	Data collection methods Medium	Data collection methods Low
Data management and analysis	Data management and analysis High	Data management and analysis Medium	Data management and analysis Low
Communication and reporting	Communication and reporting High	Communication and reporting Medium	Communication and reporting Low

Other (please specify)

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* 7. What habitat would you most want this training to focus on (please select your top 1 or 2)?

Fish Passage

Salt Marsh

Freshwater Marsh

Submerged Aquatic Vegetation

Shellfish

Mangrove

Living Shorelines

Riparian

Upland

Riverine

Comments

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* 8. Do you have a restoration example with monitoring protocols implemented that could be offered as an example during the restoration monitoring training?

Yes

If yes, please describe

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* 9. Are you planning on attending the 2014 Summit in November, 2014?

Yes

Not Sure