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Description
This project will document stakeholder preferences for future watershed land use and
management strategies for the Floyd's Fork watershed using both quantitative and
qualitative metrics by employing a community based participatory engagement process
(Ormsbee and Hoover, 2011). The specific tasks associated with the project are
summarized as follows:
1) Background research -Initial research will be performed to document and
categorize information and data about the Floyd's Fork watershed. This
information will be summarized and used in support of the stakeholder interview
process.
2) Stakeholder identification and interviews - An initial list of potential stakeholders
will be solicited from the Division of Water. An interview schedule will be
developed and submitted to the University of Kentucky Institutional Review
Board. Following IRB approval, the project team will conduct stakeholder
interviews. Individual stakeholders will be interviewed to determine stakeholder:
1) values, 2) concerns, 3) key issues, 4) acceptable nutrient management
strategies, 5) information needs, 6) trusted information sources.
3) Management Strategy Identification- Following the stakeholder interview process,
potential management strategies will be catalogued and used to develop an initial
set of options. Additional research to support a proper description of each
strategy will be performed. Summaries of each strategy will be prepared which
will included both narrative and visuals aids/maps.
4) Stakeholder focus groups - Following the stakeholder interview process,
individual stakeholders will be assigned to different focus groups. Protocols will
be developed and submitted to the University of Kentucky Review Board.
Following IRB approval, separate meetings will then be conducted with each
focus group. During each meeting, the participants will be asked to identify
relevant community values. The participants will also be asked to evaluate the
developed set of potential management strategies through the use of anonymous
key pad technology. Following the data collection session, members will be
asked to discuss what they liked and disliked about each strategy. This will help
to identify relevant concerns and issues with each vision. Finally, participants will
be asked to identify any additional data needs as well as trusted sources for such
data. The effectiveness of the meeting process will be evaluated through
quantitative metrics.
5) Public informational meetings - Based on the data needs identified through the
focus group process, relevant information will be researched and assembled. A
public meeting protocol will be developed and submitted to the University of
Kentucky Institutional Review Board. Following IRB approval, a public meeting
will be conducted in which relevant information will be presented through an
interactive process. The goal of this step of the project will be to: 1) assess the
community's knowledge with regard to relevant project facts, 2) minimize
misunderstandings or erroneous ideas associated with relevant project facts, 3)
expose community members to the interactive engagement methodology, 4)
provide information potentially relevant for use in supporting stakeholder's ability
to indicate preferences with regard to potential management strategies.
6) Informational Website - In order to facilitate the distribution of relevant project
material to the local stakeholder community, an informational website will be
constructed similar to one used for a previous stakeholder engagement project:
www.paducahvision.com.
7) Public Vision Meeting - following the stakeholder focus group meetings, a set of
final potential management strategies will be developed. These strategies will
then be presented to the participants at a management strategy evaluation
meeting and the participants will then be asked to indicate their preferences for
each strategy. This information will then be documented and summarized in a
final project report.
8) Data Analysis and Final Report - following the completion of the data collection,
the information will be analyzed and summarized in a final project report. A
summary of the findings will then be presented at one or more public meetings.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 7/15/12 → 6/30/14 |
Funding
- KY Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet: $151,228.00
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