As a component of the Siuslaw Coho Partnership’s (SCP) Focused Investment Partnership (FIP) initiative, we plan to carry out implementation and effectiveness monitoring efforts directed by a Monitoring Plan. While the SCP has developed a thorough Monitoring Framework as a component of our Strategic Action Plan, there is a need for the development and finalization of a full Monitoring Plan to strategically guide our efforts throughout the duration of our FIP initiative and beyond. The Monitoring Plan is expected to be completed by April 2024, in time for pre-implementation monitoring of restoration projects in Summer 2024. Additionally, various SCP partners regularly collect pre- and post-treatment monitoring data, including Aquatic Habitat Inventory (AQI) and water quality, which will continue to be collected throughout the Monitoring Plan development phase. The Monitoring Plan will cover all restoration strategies in the SCP’s Strategic Action Plan, across the SCP’s priority geography. All monitoring efforts will be advised by OWEB, the SCP’s FIP Technical Review Team, and the SCP’s Monitoring Committee, which included representatives of the: SWC, Siuslaw Soil and Water Conservation District (SSWCD), Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians (CTCLUSI), McKenzie River Trust (MRT), and Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians (CTSI). All organizations represented are core partners in the SCP and offer complementary areas of expertise in our initiative monitoring efforts.
This position also performs the necessary functions to implement monitoring, technical assistance, outreach and stakeholder engagement projects under the general direction of the SWC Executive Director. The Monitoring Coordinator is responsible for securing and managing grant funding to support the projects they manage and the ability to acquire funding is tied directly to the sustainability of this position beyond the currently secured funding. This position will be based primarily out of the office during the development phase of the Monitoring Plan, with the opportunity to work partially remotely.
