WorkPlan and Accomplishments Reporting

Work activity codes for invasive species management

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   ISC – Invasive Species Control (Treatments and Treatment Monitoring). Invasive species control activities include any direct treatment or action to eliminate, reduce, contain, or remove a population (or infestation) of aquatic or terrestrial invasive species. The work activity code includes all invasive species treatments or actions (pesticide applications, biocontrol activities, trapping, mowing, grazing, burning, etc.) and all treatment monitoring efforts (including treatment efficacy monitoring activities). Separate projects should be planned under the ISC code according to whether a proposed treatment project will (1) eradicate new or small infestations or (2) involve long-term operations to control large infestations with multiple treatments. Accomplishment measures linked to the ISC code are measured in acres.
   

127.ISP – Invasive Species Prevention (All Prevention Activities). Invasive species prevention activities include a wide variety of pre-emptive actions and activities that focus on vectors and invasion pathways as a means of reducing or eliminating the risk of invasive species establishment. Activities under this code include programs for education and awareness as well as preventative or exclusionary activities such as decontamination of equipment/vehicles, boat inspections, or developing a barrier to prevent spread of an aquatic invasive species. In addition, prevention activities include any cleaning, scraping, sanitizing, or any other physical removal of invasive species attached to equipment, structures, animals, people, or vehicles. At this time, there currently is no NFS accomplishment measure associated with prevention activities.

Appropriate linkages to a wide variety of budget line items have been made for each of these work activity codes, as well as to the program accomplishment measures (performance measures) where necessary. Overall performance measures (outputs and outcome) for the national NFS invasive species program will correspond to the respective work activity code for each of the core budget line item funding sources, including those under NFRR.

Core, integrated, and partnership accomplishments

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   Core accomplishments – A core accomplishment is achieved through direct expenditure of Forest Service funds. Core accomplishments are typically those measures that are associated with the same resource as the specified budget line item (BLI) or associated with a particular performance measure. For example, the acreage resulting from treatment of invasive aquatic invertebrates by using NFRR funding is a core accomplishment for the INVSPE-AQUA-FED-AC accomplishment measure.
   

129.Partnership accomplishments – A partnership accomplishment is achieved through application and expenditure of dollars or in-kind or volunteer contributions by partners and cooperators. Partnership accomplishments are typically tied specifically to collected partnership funds (CWFS, GBGB, GDGD, etc.), reimbursable agreements (FREX, NFEX, CMEX, etc.), or volunteer agreements. Region 3 partnerships include the three projects associated with the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP): (1) the Four Forest Restoration Initiative on the Kaibab, Coconino, Tonto, and Apache-Sitgreaves NFs, (2) the Zuni Mountains project on the Cibola NF, and (3) the Southwest Jemez Mountains project on the Santa Fe NF.

Planned accomplishments are categorized as Core, Integrated, or Partner in WorkPlan regardless of the system (database) of record for the accomplishment code. The sum of all accomplishments (core + integrated + partnership) equals the unified accomplishment and will count toward the Unified Target assigned by the Region. FACTS is the database of record used for projects listed under the ISC and ISP activity codes. The system of record for ISD activities is the TESP-IS application. However, projects for detecting invasive species are not categorized as either a core or integrated accomplishment at this time.

All accomplishment codes that are linked to a specific BLI/work activity combination are considered to be “Core” accomplishments and are available to assign to the project once the work activity is selected. The user can either choose to add the core accomplishment(s) to the project or not. Core accomplishments added to the project will be displayed under the heading “Core” on the project general screen. Accomplishment codes that are not linked to the specific BLI/work activity combination on the project are considered as “Integrated” accomplishments. Any other accomplishment code can be added to the project by selecting the “Add Integrated” link. Integrated accomplishments added to the project will be displayed under the heading “Integrated” on the project general screen. When new projects are created, accomplishment codes are no longer automatically added to a project. Note that projects (survey, inventory, and mapping) coded with the “ISD” work activity code in WorkPlan are not be categorized as either a core or integrated accomplishment at this time.