Arethese the

rightareas to treat?

Define Desired Conditions (DCs) for Ecological Restoration and Identify UncertaintiesDefined by Front Range Roundtable (currently Landscape Restoration Team) and Agencies

Problem Statement: To Sustain Front Range Montane Ecosystems and Support Associated Social/Economic Systems

No

Are DCs and Uncertainties

defined correctly?

Is the problem defined

correctly?

No

No

Data Compilation, Analysis, and Evaluation

External/Internal

Research

Yes

Yes

Yes

Was project implemented as designed?

Project Planning/NEPA

Post-TreatmentMonitoring

Are wemonitoring theright things? Is monitoring

effective?

EffectivenessMonitoring

No

Was project prepared as designed?

Were design criteria

feasible?

Modify Project

Implementation Monitoring

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Are contract design criteria

being met?

Modify ContractYes

No

Yes

Aretreatments contributing

to DCs?

No

During-ProjectMonitoring

AdaptiveMonitoring

Contract/Task Order/Treatment Preparation

Define Restoration AreasProposed by Agencies; agreed to by Front Range Roundtable (pre-NEPA)

Define Restoration Actions and TreatmentsDefined by Front Range Roundtable; agreed to by Agencies

Develop/Modify Monitoring Plan

Pre-Treatment Monitoring

Were thresholds/

trigger points exceeded?

Project Implementation

Yes

YesNo

Are these the right areas to treat?

Aretreatments

contributing to

DCs?

Define Desired Conditions (DCs) for Ecological Restoration and Identify UncertaintiesDefined by Front Range Roundtable* and Agencies

Define Restoration AreasProposed by Agencies; agreed to by Front Range Roundtable (pre-NEPA)

Project Planning/NEPA

Problem Statement: To Sustain Front Range Montane Ecosystems and Support Associated Social/Economic Systems

No

No

Yes

Are DCs and uncertainties

defined correctly?

Is the problem defined

correctly?

No

No

Post-TreatmentMonitoring

Data Compilation, Analysis, and Evaluation* Currently delegated to the Landscape Restoration Team

Are wemonitoring theright things? Is

monitoringeffective?

Effectiveness monitoring: long-term, landscape-scale

External/Internal

Research

Adaptive monitoring: Continual and long term

No

** See Implementation Monitoring diagram and explanation in accompanying text

Contract/Task Order/Treatment Preparation

Define Restoration Actions/TreatmentsDefined by Front Range Roundtable; agreed to by Agencies

Develop/Modify Monitoring Plan

Yes

Project Implementation and Implementation

Monitoring**

Pre-Treatment MonitoringYes

Yes

Yes

Project Planning,NEPA

Project Implementation

Pre-Treatment Monitoring

Post-TreatmentMonitoring

Analysis and Evaluation

Project (Treatment) Preparation

Are contract design criteria being met? If not,

ensure compliance, or modify or cancel

contract.

Contract Administration (“During-project” Monitoring)

Implementation Monitoring Diagram (with trigger points)

Post-project Monitoring

Was project implemented as

designed?No

NoWas project prepared as designed?

Were designcriteria feasible?

Ensure preparer and implementer understand project purpose and design.

No

Redesign project.

Were thresholds/trigger points exceeded?

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes