URI Cooperative Extension Livestock on Small Acreages: Protecting Water Resources and Health: A train-the-trainer Extension Education Program. Updated 9/07.
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Logic Model
Project Proposal:
Livestock on Small Acreages: Protecting Water Resources and Health: A train-the-trainer Extension Education Program
Principal Investigators: University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension Home*A*Syst and 4-H Programs, Dept. of FAVS.
Goal: to generate and deliver an adoption-outreach Extension Education Program focused on pollution prevention best management practices (BMPs) for
small acreage livestock owners and managers. Strengthen URI’s capacity to deliver research-based Extension water quality programs that increase
individual knowledge and affect behavior change that will result in improved water quality on small acreage livestock properties.
Situation Statement: Individuals owning or caring for livestock on small acreages need information and educational resources to help them identify and
address risks to water resources and health. This audience is often not eligible for traditional agricultural program assistance nor do they have the same
conditions and goals as larger, commercial livestock farms.
External Factors: There is a lack of resources and strategies for assisting small acreage livestock owners.
Assumptions: Target audience is willing to change behavior and adopt appropriate BMPs given appropriate resources and coaching.
Inputs and
Resources
Project Staff
Project
Steering
Committee,
partners, and
stakeholders
4-H
Volunteers
Office
equipment
and
resources
Workshop
Locations:
Indoor and
Outdoor
Education and
outreach
materials
Funding –
USDA
CSREES
406 NIWQ
Activities
Establish
Steering
Committee and
conduct two
meetings each
year.
Conduct needs
assessment.
Pilot existing fact
sheet and selfassessment
worksheets with
first year URI
Animal Science
Students.
Develop
formative and
summative
evaluation
process and
specific tools.
Implement ongoing evaluation
plan.
Outputs
Objectives
(SMART)
1. Evaluation tools: needs
assessment surveys,
program evaluation
surveys, interview
questionnaires.
1. Identify barriers and
benefits to adoption of
livestock management
practices for water quality
protection.
2. Volunteer Training
Module – Phases 1 & 2.
2. Design an adoptionoutreach Extension
education program that
minimizes the barriers and
maximizes the benefits to
adoption of BMPS for water
quality protection.
3. Project Website and
posting to Extension
system within a water
quality Community of
Practice once that
Community of Practice is
developed.
4. Adoption-outreach
support materials including:
 Display
 Outreach brochure
 Fact Sheets and Selfassessment Worksheets
3. Determine the
effectiveness of a train-thetrainer model to influence
behavior norms of livestock
management practices
among the target audience.
Short-Term
Outcomes
Mid-Term
Outcomes
Long-Term
Outcomes
1. Target audience will
gain increased awareness
and knowledge of water
quality risks associated
with small acreage
livestock activities.
1. Using selfassessment tools,
audience will be able
to identify pollution
and health risks to
water resources
associated with
livestock activities on
their properties.
1. Target audience
will adopt BMPs to
address identified
pollution and health
risks to water
resources
associated with
livestock activities
on their properties.
2. Target audience
will consider water
quality impacts when
making livestock
management
decisions.
2. Increased local
and regional
partnerships.
2. Project Steering
Committee (partners) and
target audience will
become aware of the tools
and resources that exist to
identify pollution and
health risks to water
quality associated with
livestock activities.
3. Trained volunteers will
gain increased knowledge
and skills in the topic area
and public speaking and
leadership.
3. Target audience
will consider adopting
at least 1 BMP to
reduce pollution and
health risks to water
resources associated
with small acreage
livestock activities.
3. Increased
protection of
community water
resources on an
individual level.
URI Cooperative Extension Livestock on Small Acreages: Protecting Water Resources and Health: A train-the-trainer Extension Education Program. Updated 9/07.
Inputs and
Resources
Activities
Recruit
volunteers.
Develop content
and materials for
volunteer training
program.
Conduct initial
Phase 1
volunteer training
program.
Revise and
finalize
production of
adoptionoutreach
materials.
Initiate and
facilitate Phase 2
of volunteer
education
activities.
Administer postsurveys and final
interviews.
Complete video
production.
Extend materials
to New England
Regional and
National Water
Quality and 4-H
Program
networks, as well
as Home*A*Syst
and Farm*A*Syst
networks.
Outputs
5. Development,
facilitation, and
enhancement of the
number of volunteer
activities including:
 Training sessions
 Speaking events
 Staffed displays at events
and fairs
 Media outreach
opportunities
6. Thirty minute project
video.
Objectives
(SMART)
4. Train 20 4-H volunteer
leaders and members by
the end of year two.
5. 95% of trained
volunteers and target
audience indicate an
increased awareness and
knowledge of hydrology,
the water cycle and the
interaction between
watersheds and aquifers by
the end of year three.
6. 95% of trained
volunteers and target
audience indicate an
increased awareness and
knowledge of pollution and
health risks associated with
small acreage livestock
activities by the end of year
three.
7. 90% of trained
volunteers and target
audience are capable of
identifying the most
common pollution and
health risks associated with
livestock activities on their
properties by the end of
year three.
8. 90% of trained
volunteers and target
audience are capable of
identifying appropriate
BMPs to minimize pollution
and health risks associated
with small acreage
livestock activities.
Short-Term
Outcomes
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Mid-Term
Outcomes
Long-Term
Outcomes
4. At least 20
volunteers are trained
and equipped to
deliver education and
outreach about
proper livestock
management on
small acreages for
water quality
protection.
4. Strengthen the
Sustainable
Landscapes and
Agricultural Focus
Areas within the
New England
Region Water
Quality Program
through enhancing
the coordination and
development of
adoption-outreach
program and
evaluation tools in
the topic.
URI Cooperative Extension Livestock on Small Acreages: Protecting Water Resources and Health: A train-the-trainer Extension Education Program. Updated 9/07.
Inputs and
Resources
Other
resources:
USDA
CSREES New
England
Water
Program
Animal Waste
Management
Focus Area
UMASS /
s319 Equine
Education
Program
USDA NRCS
RI
Conservation
Innovation
Grants – 2
grants with
URI FAVS
(composting),
URI NRS /
UCONN
NEMO
(adapting low
input devlp.
technology for
animal waste
mgt.)
USDA
CSREES
National
Livestock and
Poultry
Environmental
Learning
Center (NLPE
Learning
Center)
Activities
Outputs
Participate on
NLPE Learning
Center Small
Farm Animal
Waste
Management
Team to
establish a
Community of
Practice for
eXtension
Short-Term
Outcomes
Mid-Term
Outcomes
Long-Term
Outcomes
9. 90% of trained
volunteers and target
audience will consider
adopting at least one BMP
for water resource
protection by the end of
year three.
Complete biannual updates,
annual reports
and final report.
Related
activities:
Share resources
and information
with NEWQ
Animal Waste
Mgt. Focus Area
and incorporate
into URI
Program.
UMASS Equine
Education
Program;
UCONN
research on
manure stacking;
URI NRS /
UCONN NEMO /
RI NRCS CIG
grant, adapting
LID technology;
URI FAVS/RI
NRCS CIG grant,
composting.
Objectives
(SMART)
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URI Education Program
incorporates effective,
research-based BMPs for
small acreage livestock
owners.
URI and UMASS education
programs share
educational program
materials, methods,
resources, needs
assessment and program
evaluation tools, and
lessons learned.
Small Farm Animal Waste
Management Category
within NLPE Learning
Center Community of
Practice on eXtension.
10. 50% of trained
volunteers and target
audience will adopt at least
1 BMP by the end of year
three.
11. 80% of trained
volunteers (10 teams of 2
volunteers per team) will
provide a minimum of 20
hours of direct educational
programming to their club
members, their families
and other affiliated
organizations by the end of
year three.
12. 75% of trained
volunteers indicate that
they will continue to
provide at least 10 hours of
education and outreach
programming to their clubs
and other affiliated
organizations for an
additional 2 years beyond
the end of the project.
13. 90% of trained
volunteers will increase
their public presentation
skills and express
increased confidence in
their abilities to teach in a
small group environment
by the end of year three.
New England Land
Grant Universities
and Extension, and
the NLPE Learning
Center strengthen
programs by sharing
resources and
research
information,
providing peer
review, and
participating
together in regional
and national
programs.
URI Cooperative Extension Livestock on Small Acreages: Protecting Water Resources and Health: A train-the-trainer Extension Education Program. Updated 9/07.
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