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Citizen Monitoring and Local Land Use Decisions
Dreux J. WatermolenWisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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Presentation Outline
Citizen Monitoring and Local Planning
Important ConsiderationsWhat You Can DoConclusions
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Presentation Outline
Citizen Monitoring and Local Planning
Important ConsiderationsWhat You Can DoConclusions
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Local Planning
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
June 14, 2005
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Visioning
Implementation
Alternative Selection
Inventory
Updating
Analysis
Steps in the planning process
Local Planning
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Visioning
Implementation
Alternative Selection
Inventory
Updating
Analysis
Local Planning
Citizen monitoring data can:• Help define community values.• Help prioritize places for protection
or attention.• Identify interest sectors to include
in the planning process.
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Visioning
Implementation
Alternative Selection
Inventory
Updating
Analysis
Local Planning
Citizen monitoring data can be used to:• Help prioritize places for protection.• Identify areas in need of attention.• Elucidate gaps in knowledge.
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Visioning
Implementation
Alternative Selection
Inventory
Updating
Analysis
Local Planning
Citizen monitoring data can:• Help identify problem
statements.• Help prioritize resources.• Help calibrate/validate
predictive models.
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Visioning
Implementation
Inventory
Updating
Analysis
Alternative Selection
Local Planning
Plan implementation tools:• Zoning decisions• Lake classification efforts• Tree ordinances• Construction site
erosion control
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Visioning
Implementation
Inventory
Updating
Analysis
Alternative Selection
Local Planning
Citizen monitoring can be used to: • track plan implementation.• identify levels of success.
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Presentation Outline
Citizen Monitoring and Local Planning
Important ConsiderationsWhat You Can DoConclusions
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Considerations
Local government decisions cannot be arbitrary or capricious.
Local government decisions should be based on available data/information.
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Bird watching and other phenological observations are useful monitoring data if they are written down/ recorded in a timely manner.
Considerations
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Considerations
Monitoring data do not result from random, isolated, one-time events.
Monitoring observations should be gathered in a structured, recurring manner.
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Presentation Outline
Citizen Monitoring and Local Planning
Important ConsiderationsWhat You Can DoConclusions
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What you can do:
Share your monitoring data.
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What you can do:
“Publish” your monitoring data. Summaries Booklets Reports Web sites Newsletters
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What you can do:
Keep a copy of your raw monitoring data, even after publication/sharing.
Keep documentation of methods used.
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Presentation Outline
Citizen Monitoring and Local Planning
Important ConsiderationsWhat You Can DoConclusions
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Conclusions
Citizen monitoring data can inform local planning and decision-making processes.
Quality control and quality assurance measures increase the value of citizen monitoring data for local decision making.
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Conclusions
Local governments can make greater use of citizen monitoring data in their planning and decision making processes.
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Thank you!
Questions?