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Needs Assessments |
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Needs Assessments |
| An assessment of existing education and public awareness materials and programs related to the Florida manatee was conducted for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Manatee Recovery Implementation Team Education Working Group. The assessment was designed to identify any overlaps among the various education and outreach efforts; the full range of manatee issues that may need to be addressed through education and outreach but are not currently being adequately addressed; the target audiences that should be served by the Education Working Group, including those not currently being adequately served; and the best strategies and technologies to educate and inform the target audiences, including a prioritization of the groups who most need specific additional information and how to get the information to them. The study entailed a multimodal survey designed to assess the specific needs for manatee education and outreach efforts. | ||
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| This study was conducted for the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve (SINERR) to assess existing programs related to coastal training and to determine current and desired levels of coastal training among decision-makers in Georgia. The assessment was designed to identify any overlaps among various coastal training efforts; the full range of coastal issues that may need to be addressed through training and information but are not currently being adequately addressed; the professional decision-making groups that should be targeted for coastal training, including those not currently being adequately served; and the best strategies, technologies, and formats to educate and inform the decision-making groups, including a prioritization of the groups that most need specific additional information. The study entailed two multi-modal surveys of coastal training decision-makers and organizations and institutions that participate in or offer coastal training. The surveys were administered through a combination of Web-based, e-mail, mail, and telephone questionnaires designed to fully assess the specific needs for coastal training efforts. The population of coastal training decision-makers and organizations and institutions that participate in or offer coastal training was a known or closed population appropriate for survey administered using the Internet. | ||
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| This study identified the issues of concern regarding green infrastructure among agency employees and Delaware residents, assessed the agency's capability to improve the public's awareness of green infrastructure so as to garner public support and involvement, inventoried current education programs, identified and prioritized issues affecting public support for the protection and management of green infrastructure, and developed strategies and recommendations for implementing effective green infrastructure education and outreach efforts. The study entailed a survey of agency employees, an inventory of green infrastructure education programs, and a telephone survey of Delaware residents. | ||
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| This study was conducted to determine the best location and features of shooting ranges in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area so that the agency can most effectively allocate public resources. The study entailed two focus groups, one with firearms safety instructors and another with hunters, and two telephone surveys, one of instructors and the other of hunters. | ||
| Download the PDF Executive Summary. [.95 mb] | ||
| This study entailed a coastal training needs assessment of coastal decision-makers in New Jersey. Coastal decision-makers throughout the state of New Jersey were surveyed to assess the baseline knowledge, skills, and attitudes of coastal decision-makers, to identify gaps and overlaps in available training services, and to identify topics where decision-makers want/need additional coastal training. | ||
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| This study was conducted to determine the professional development needs of Delaware's coastal decision-makers related to coastal resources management. The study entailed a telephone survey of municipal and county officials, both elected and appointed; volunteer organization personnel; business owners and employees; educators; federal and state agency personnel; professional association personnel; and legislators. | ||
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| This report is a market analysis of the Coastal Training Program, an initiative of the Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve, entailing telephone and mail surveys and personal interviews. The project developed a statewide inventory of available coastal training services and the goals of those services, identified gaps and overlaps in various services, determined coastal issues that should be covered, and identified potential partners to provide coastal training. | ||
| Download the PDF report. [.55 mb] | ||
| This report contains a comparison of a market inventory and needs assessment regarding coastal training programs in Delaware and recommendations for the future direction of Delaware's coastal training programs based on this comparison. | ||
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| House Bill 38 provides the VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries with significant funding based on wildlife-associated recreation other than hunting, fishing or boating. This comprehensive study of all constituent groups was implemented to assess Virginia residents' and Department constituents' attitudes and opinions toward the Department. | ||
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| This 43-page full-color booklet outlines the needs for increased resources for boater safety and was developed by Responsive Management and the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators. | ||
| Download the PDF 43-page booklet. [2.4 mb] Hard copies of the color booklet are available from the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators. To receive a hard copy, contact NASBLA at 859-225-9487. |
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| This study was conducted to obtain direct public, stakeholder, and employee input regarding the future of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GA DNR), its strategic goals and desired long-term outcomes and objectives, and the challenges that the GA DNR will face in attempting to achieve its strategic goals. The study also assessed the level of support among the general population, stakeholders, and employees for the strategic direction of the GA DNR. The study entailed a multi-modal survey of the general population of Georgia, GA DNR stakeholders, and GA DNR employees. | ||
| Download the PDF Survey report. [1.08 mb] | ||
| The purpose of this study was to provide the Georgia Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) a comprehensive overview of the wildlife values and priorities of WRD employees, stakeholders, and Georgia residents for WRD programmatic efforts. | ||
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| This report summarizes the major findings and implications of a study on Americans' interest in and attitudes toward recreational fishing. The purpose of this project was to provide information and strategies to state fish and wildlife agencies, industry, non-government organizations, and federal agencies to assist in efforts to keep current anglers fishing and to encourage those who do not fish to fish. | ||
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| The purpose of this study was to determine the opinions of two groups, 1) state fish and wildlife agency directors, chiefs, and other top management personnel and 2) professionals who typically attend the Southeastern Conference regarding various aspects of the Conference and the Association. | ||
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| The goal of this needs assessment was to assist in guiding state-supported environmental education opportunities and in soliciting and recommending projects that will represent the best use of funds available. The objective of this needs assessment was to present an environmental education strategy and direction for the State of Florida for adult residents and visitors. | ||
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| The purpose of this study was to determine the overall awareness of and opinions on the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program and related programs among its constituents, their sources of information about the programs, their opinions on the programs, their participation in associations and clubs, and the types of information that would be of interest and use to them. The study entailed a telephone survey of domestic seafood dealers, commerical saltwater fishermen, charter boat operators, and recreational saltwater anglers. | ||
| Download the PDF report. [.37 mb] | ||
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