Outreach and Education Committee
Wednesday, 9:00 a.m., November 6, 2002
Committee
Agenda Item No. 2
Exhibit A
TPWD Program Assessment
| GENERAL DESCRIPTION | CONSISTENCY | DUPLICATION | COST EFFECTIVE | EFFECTIVELY MEASURED | ||||||||
| Program | General Description | Date or Frequency | Division | Consistency with Mission or Goals (from the Natural Agenda) | Geographic Location | Target Audience | Timing | Non-TPWD Programs | Staff Hours Spent | Audience Count | Ratio Staff Hours/ Audience # | LBB, Natural Agenda or Other Measure |
| Coastal Fisheries Presentations | Consist of presentations; hands-on demonstrations; field trips; & fishing clinics to schools, community service organizations, and special needs organizations. These are designed to make audience aware of coastal issues and information, and to encourage further activitiy by the audience members. Presence at hunting, fishing and boating shows to outreach to hunting, fishing and outdoor enthusiast constituents. | 350 | CF | M4; M5; G1; G2; G3 | Coastal communities adjacent to field offices, and Austin HQ. | General, students under 17, college students, anglers and boaters, conservation group members | Year-round, either scheduled by Staff, or by request. | 1. Univ. Tx MSI 2. Texas A&M Galv | 2114.5 | 24670 | 0.09 | |
| SeaCenter and Hatchery programs | Consist of presentations; hands-on demonstrations; field trips; & fishing clinics to schools, community service organizations, and special needs organizations. | 306 | CF | M4; M5; G1; G2; G3 | Lake Jackson; Houston and vicinity | General, students under 17, college students, anglers and boaters, conservation group members | Year-round, either scheduled by Staff, or by request. | 10000 | 64000 | 0.16 | ||
| Texas Wildlife Expo | Annual hands-on fewstival of outdoor recreation with an empasis on conservation, safety and game and fish laws | 1 | COM | G1; G2 | 23715 | 44000 | 0.54 | |||||
| Fishing Programs and Events | Fishing and aquatic education activities at community events, special programs, school | 358 | IF | M4; G1; G2;G3 | 4000 | 116785 | 0.03 | |||||
| TFFC programs | Consist of presentations; hands-on demonstrations; field trips; & fishing clinics to schools, community service organizations, and special needs organizations. | 306 | IF | M4; M5; G1; G2; G3 | 24000 | 55000 | 0.44 | |||||
| Game Warden Presentations | Public programs and events (schools, clubs, org., etc.) including Operation Game Thief crimestoppers program. | 3,399 | LE | M1;M2;G3 | Statewide | User and Non-Users, as requested | Year-Round | 223,427 | 0.00 | |||
| Angler Ed: events | Fishing and aquatic education activities at community events, special programs, school presentations, etc. | RP | M4; G1;G3 | 4000 | 10000 | 0.40 | ||||||
| Angler Ed: Jr/M Angler Training | Introductory and intermediate fishing skill education | RP | M4; G1;G4 | 4000 | 10000 | 0.40 | ||||||
| Aquatic WILD | Train-the-Trainer educator workshop in aquatic ecology | 21 teacher workshops | RP | G2;G3 | 2000 | 11880 | 0.17 | |||||
| Boater Ed: Certification | Mandatory safety certification training for boaters | 881courses | RP | M5;G2;G3 | 8000 | 10253 | 0.78 | |||||
| Boater Ed:Jr Boater | Hands-on activities promoting boating safety; encouraging participation | RP | M5;G2;G3 | 4000 | 11141 | 0.36 | ||||||
| Coastal Expo | Hands-on activities through special events to schools at public locations (malls, etc.) teaching coastal ecology and fishing skills | 3 | RP | M4;G2;G3 | 4000 | 1000 | 4.00 | |||||
| Hunter Education: Certification | Mandatory safety certification training for hunters | 4100 courses | RP | M3;G2;G3 | 24000 | 33000 | 0.73 | |||||
| Hunter Education: Events | Hands-on activities promoting hunting and shooting sports | 98 | RP | M3;G1;G2 | 2000 | 14500 | 0.14 | |||||
| Hunter Education: Five Stand | Mobile sporting clays stations set up at schools, special events to promote shooting sports and gun safety | 45 | RP | M3;G1;G2 | 2000 | 10800 | 0.19 | |||||
| Hunter Education: Virtual Hunting School Program | Mobile unit for schools with hands-on computer-based simulation with special gun or bow promoting safe hunting and shooting sports | 60 | RP | M3;G1;G2 | 2000 | 10100 | 0.20 | |||||
| Live Webcasts | Thematic live broadcasts over the web to schools; includes educational packets mailed to teachers; Q&A with content experts | 3 | RP | M1;M2;G2;G3 | 1400 | 37650 | 0.04 | |||||
| Natural Classroom: Teacher | Teacher internship and mentoring by TPWD staff; Teachers incorporate new skills in the classroom | 1 | RP | M1;M2;G2;G3 | 260 | 6 | 43.33 | |||||
| Outdoor Kids | Recognition program to encourage youth to try something new and learn new skills in nature, culture/history and recreation; encourages adult mentoring | ongoing | RP | M3;M4;M5;G2 | 2000 | 12000 | 0.17 | |||||
| Outdoor Woman | Outdoor skills training via non-threatening workshops and special events | 12 | RP | M3;M4;M5;G2 | 6000 | 1000 | 6.00 | |||||
| Outreach Coordination | Recruitment and internal coordination program in four urban regions: Houston, D-FW; San Antonio and Austin | 50 | RP | M3;M4;M5;G2 | 14000 | 26000 | 0.54 | |||||
| Project WILD | Train-the-Trainer educator workshop in wildlife ecology | 99 | RP | M1;M2;G2;G3 | 2000 | 2300 | 0.87 | |||||
| Youth Camps | Operation of Parrie Haynes Youth Ranch and coordination with PAL Ranch to offer hunting, fishing, boating and other recreation skill and safety training for youth; offer special youth hunts | 70 | RP | M1;M2;G1;G2;G3 | 8000 | 9000 | 0.89 | |||||
| Buffalo Soldiers | ongoing | SP | M2;G2 | various | under servd | annual | 4,000 | 100,000 | 0.04 | new audiences | ||
| Community Outdoor Outreach Program (grants) | Outreach and educational programs by community groups made possible through TPWD grants program | 728 | SP | M1;M2;G1;G2;G3 | 4000 | 85464 | 0.05 | |||||
| Nimitz Syposium | 1/yr. | SP | cultural heritage | nimitz | general, | Sept | 300 | 1,000 | 0.30 | core mission | ||
| San Jacinto | 1/yr. | SP | cultural heritage | s. jacinto | general, | april | 100 | 300 | 0.33 | core mission | ||
| Master Naturalist: Training | Volunteer training and education in natural resources and interpretation; requires continuing education and annual volunteer service | 236 | WL | M1;M2;M5;G1;G2;G3 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 2.00 | |||||
| Master Naturalist: Service | Volunteer service (outreach) for Texas public | 150 | WL | M1;M2;G2;G3 | 0 | 50,000 | 0.00 | |||||
| Nature Trackers | Volunteer training and education for natural resource monitoring. | 76 | WL | M1;M2;G2;G3 | 920 | 3,066 | 0.3 | |||||
| Wildlife and Wildlife Ecology Presentations* | Off-site, interpretive and educational presentations by field staff | 1,147 | WL | M1, M3, M5 | statewide | includes full range of users | annually | 81,169 | G1, G2, G3 | |||
| * Does not include site presentations, Expo, technical guidance, newspaper articles, one-on-one contacts. | ||||||||||||
| TPWD Mission | ||||||||||||
| M1 | Manage and conserve natural resources | |||||||||||
| M2 | Manage and conserve cultural resources | |||||||||||
| M3 | Provide hunting opportunities | |||||||||||
| M4 | Provide fishing opportunities | |||||||||||
| M5 | Provide outdoor recreation | |||||||||||
| TPWD Natural Agenda Goals | ||||||||||||
| G1 | Strengthen traditional services for core constituencies such as hunters, anglers, park visitors and other outdoor enthusiasts by improving habitat and access to outdoor areas and maintaining quality and safety | |||||||||||
| G2 | Reach new constituencies through natural and cultural resource education, outreach programs and increasing recreational opportunities | |||||||||||
| G3 | Protect fish and wildlife resources and habitat and manage natural and cultural heritage through promoting compliance and minimizing adverse human impact | |||||||||||
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