I need to develop an education program or outreach strategy:
Tree 3 – To build community capacity to manage water use and environmental impacts
Tree 3c: Solving this problem requires residents and community leaders to access and interpret natural resource information to guide planning and decision-making.
Building community capacity requires requires citizens and community leaders to access and interpret natural resource information to guide planning and decision-making.
[Select any that are applicable to your situation.]
♦ Do people know what information they need and where to get information?
♦ Do people know how to interpret the information or how to use information to make decisions?
People know what information they need and where to get information.
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Use noneconomic social sciences to identify audience values, barriers to understanding, or missing skills or resources. Work with local agencies or groups to improve information and communication about the water management decision and to create training and opportunities for residents to become involved in gathering and or analyzing information related to the problem or topic. |
| Use teaching techniques and leadership development principles to build understanding for how information gathering activities can relate to community goals, and how to make use of data about the local condition. |
People know how to interpret the information or how to use information to make decisions.
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Use communication, teaching strategies, citizen participation or community involvement strategies, in collaboration with government officials and interest groups to engage citizens in using or interpreting water management information. Identify potentially useful information, as needed, in collaboration with University Extension, engineering and natural resource professionals. Provide training to interpret information and apply to local situation |
| See Decision Tree 2 for more ideas about how to build stakeholder or citizen skills. |
