We do not have all the answers. We listen to the landscape, the data, the lived experience, and each other. We stay open to what the system is telling us, even when it challenges what we think we know.
Monitoring & Reporting
Any project can and should have an element of monitoring, which essentially means keeping track of different stages and results of any action (or inaction). Broadly, the process includes implementation and effectiveness monitoring. Implementation monitoring asks if the action occurred in the way it was designed or contracted. Effectiveness monitoring looks at the action’s broad results and how they match expectations.
While these monitoring elements are a helpful start, we aim to expand what can be monitored by including both ecological (fire risk reduction, retention of large trees, watershed health, wildlife impacts, etc.) and socioeconomics (local jobs, mills and industry, etc.).
The 2-3-2 Partnership Multiparty Monitoring Plan was collaboratively developed to track change across the 2-3-2 Partnership footprint. First published in spring 2023, the 2-3-2 Partnership, funded by the Rio Chama CFLRP, is tracking ecological, social, and economic effects of 2-3-2 Partnership work at both the project- and landscape-scale.
National legislation mandates 15-years of Rio Chama CFLRP monitoring, however the 2-3-2 Partnership intends to continue multiparty monitoring efforts for multiple decades to understand long-term landscape-scale change. These efforts require participation from multiple partners to be successful.
Our Monitoring Approach
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Inform adaptive management at the project- and landscape-scale;
Provide transparency regarding project implementation;
Provide opportunities for community engagement and project learning; and
Maintain a connection to place by valuing individuals, collaboratives, and efforts already on the landscape
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2018: 2-3-2 Partners form the Technology, Research, Adaptive Management, and Monitoring Committee (TRAM) and began identifying shared monitoring questions of interest.
2022: Rio Chama CFLRP funding supports a dedicated monitoring coordinator, provides guidance for monitoring approaches, and TRAM Committee changes name to Monitoring Committee.
2022-2023: Monthly Monitoring Committee meetings, one on one conversations, small group explorations, and multi-partner contributions led to completion of Edition 1 of the 2-3-2 Partnership Multiparty Monitoring Plan.
2023: Refined monitoring protocols and collected baseline information.
2024: 2-3-2 Partners convened for a Monitoring Committee Workshop to review monitoring efforts and suggest adaptive improvements. Created Monitoring Leaflets to document status of all 23 monitoring questions. (Link to leaflets?)
2024-2026: Collected ecological and socioeconomic monitoring data. First post-treatment data becomes available.
Coming soon: Revitalize Monitoring Committee. Review first 4 years of monitoring data. Inform adaptive management of on-the-ground treatments and update the 2-3-2 Partnership Multiparty Monitoring plan with new partners and landscape conditions.