U of Idaho CWMA Survey

Defining Success
In Cooperative Weed Management Areas & Invasive Plant Management Areas

ROUND 2

Cooperative Weed Management Areas (CWMA) & Invasive Plant Management Areas (IPMA) have become a key element in weed management efforts in the western United States & Canada. The purpose of this study is to explore how experts in invasive weed management define success for CWMAs or IPMAs and what factors they believe contribute most to that success. This will allow us to develop recommendations for best-practices to be used by practitioners & administrators.

	Your opinions count! We need your help responding to Round 2 of a web-based survey.
	Round 1-- FINISHED: Identified elements of a successful CWMA / IPMA Round 2: This Survey Ranking the elements you told us were important Round 3: Identifying characteristics that lead to creating a successful CWMA / IPMA (early May) Round 4: Ranking the characteristics that lead to creating a successful CWMA / IPMA (late May)

First, a few questions about you. You can be assured of complete confidentiality. The data you submit will be summarized and your name will never be associated with any of your answers.

Q1.

What agency, institution or organization do you work for? (Enter name of your organization below:)

What type of affiliation is your agency? (Select one below:)

If "other," please describe

What State or Province do you work in? (Please check all that apply)
Idaho British Columbia

Washington

Are you currently working for or involved with a CWMA or IPMA? (Check one below)

No Yes

Below are the 14 characteristics that your friends and peers told us are important to creating a successful CWMA. Please read them carefully, then rank them from #1 for the Most Important to #14 for the Least Important to the success of CWMAs by entering the appropriate number from 1 to 14 in the column below.

(Hint: The easiest way to do this is to number the most important #1, then select the least important and number it #14. Then pick the second most important for #2, and the second least important for #13, and so forth. Use every number from 1 to 14 only once.)

	Characteristics of a successful CWMA	Rank 1= Most Important to 14=Least Important
A.	A successful CWMA includes an active biological control program.
B.	In a successful CWMA there are individuals dedicated to working cooperatively.
C.	In a successful CWMA members accept leadership responsibilities and carry out those responsibilities.
D.	A CWMA is successful when the public grasps the concept of what noxious weeds are and how to control them.
E.	A successful CWMA has a well defined Early Detection and Rapid Response (EDRR) program and mechanisms to address noxious weed invaders.
F.	A successful CWMA identifies, quantifies, and acts on resource threats without the requirement of outside funding sources.
G.	A successful CWMA has a continual flow of outside funding.
H.	A successful CWMA has a coordinated strategy and works towards common goals.
I.	A successful CWMA works well with all partners including Federal, State, County & Private Citizens.
J.	A successful CWMA has a trusting environment for partners, regardless of their agency affiliation
K.	A successful CWMA has active participation from members in projects.
L.	A successful CWMA has a diverse membership & participation has been maintained over time.
M.	A successful CWMA works across agency and ownership boundaries and helps each other regardless of ownership.
N.	A successful CWMA reduces the spread of noxious weeds each year.

Please double check your enteries above to be certain you used every number from 1 to 14 only once.

Thank you for your participating in this process. If you have any questions please feel free to contact:
Heather Fuller Graduate Research Assistant Department of Conservation Social Sciences College of Natural Resources University of Idaho Moscow, ID 83844-1139 Email: heatherfuller@vandals.uidaho.edu	Professor Nick Sanyal Department of Conservation Social Sciences College of Natural Resources University of Idaho Moscow, ID 83844-1139 Email: nsanyal@uidaho.edu