Seagrass Restoration

Outcome:

Cultural Values - Knowledge (R)

Project Metrics:

• Knowledge: Number of people with additional knowledge of habitat effects and other project outcomes based on project site
• Education-related knowledge: number of people with additional knowledge of habitat effects and other project outcomes

Program Metrics:

• Awareness: Number of people with additional knowledge of habitat effects and other project outcomes on broader scale

Outcome:

Cultural Values - Other (R)

Project Metrics:

• Change in project identified cultural value

Program Metrics:

• Change in program identified cultural value

Outcome:

Economic Activity - Finfish/Shellfish Harvest (R)

Program Metrics:

• Change in economic activity from project associated commercial aquaculture harvest
• Change in economic activity from project associated commercial fish harvest

Outcome:

Economic Activity - Recreation and Tourism (R)

Project Metrics:

• Change in recreational activity expenditures associated with project site visitation
• Change in recreational fishing expenditures associated with project site visitation
• Number of jobs supported through recreational fishing at project site

Program Metrics:

• Change in economic activity from recreational fishing
• Change in recreation and tourism associated economic activity associated with a closure period

Outcome:

Economic Activity - Restoration/Intervention (R)

Project Metrics:

• Number of restoration jobs supported by project
• Total restoration expenditures by project

Program Metrics:

• Change in economic activity from restoration spending

Outcome:

Human Health - Food Security for Communities (R)

Project Metrics:

• Proportion of surveyed harvesters who say that food caught/harvested at the site is important for feeding their household

Program Metrics:

• Proportion of protein or nutrition from food harvested at restoration site

Outcome:

Human Health - Mental Health & Psychological Well-Being (R)

Project Metrics:

• Change in cognitive function
• Change in subjective well-being

Outcome:

Human Health - Waterborne Disease (R)

Project Metrics:

• Change in number of reported cases of waterborne diseases in counties near the project site

Outcome:

Property Protection & Value - Property Protection (Erosion) (R)

Project Metrics:

• Number of properties or length of infrastructure adjacent to shoreline with reduced erosion after project

Outcome:

Social Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (R)

Project Metrics:

• Change in economic costs resulting from carbon emissions