Project Summary Survey: Introductory Call

OMB Control #: 1028-New

Expiration Date: Under Review at OMB

Project Summary Survey

1. Introduction

Thank you for agreeing to include your restoration project in our study of the economic contributions of restoration. Your responses to this survey will give us the background information that we need to get started with our analysis. Following this survey, we will send you and the contractors that you identify an expenditure survey. The expenditure survey will ask each participant about their expenditures on labor, equipment, repairs and maintenance, materials and supplies, overhead, and travel for this restoration project. We will use this information to estimate the employment impacts of this restoration project.

This initial project summary survey will take approximately 15-30 minutes to complete. You can pause at any time; simply close the window and your answers will be saved. To resume and complete the survey, you will need to click on the link to the survey in the email you received. At that point, you can answer any remaining questions and/or edit any of your previous responses. At the end of the survey, click on the “Submit” button to finish the survey.

If you have any questions about the survey or the case study, please contact me at 970-226-9164 or ccullinanethomas@usgs.gov.

Thank you,

Cathy Thomas

Economist

U.S. Geological Survey

This survey was approved by the Office of Management and Budget (1028-XXXX).

2. Name of restoration project: __________________________________

3. If applicable, name of NRDA case and state. If project is funded by more than one case settlement, please list additional case names(please use the official Restoration Program case name available at http://www.doi.gov/restoration/library/casedocs/index.cfm): ______________________________

4. Indicate the cause of the injury to land that required restoration actions: (Check all that apply)

_____Oil (OPA)

_____Hazardous substances (CERCLA)/hazardous materials (RCRA)

_____Fire

_____Human-built, temporary or permanent structures (such as roads, dams,

buildings, pipelines)

_____Natural processes/hazards (e.g., flooding, landslide, mudslide, earthquake,

hurricane)

_____Mining

_____Other (please describe)

5. Please identify the location of the restoration actions (Check all that apply):

_____U.S. Department of the Interior land (e.g., National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service)

_____Other U.S. Government land

_____State land

_____Local land (e.g., county or city)

_____Tribal land

_____Private land

_____Land outside the U.S.

6. Please indicate how the restoration actions were accomplished: (Check all that apply)

_____Realty actions (i.e., purchased or acquired easements or otherwise acquired land for U.S. Department of the Interior Land or other U.S. Government land, private land, or land outside the U.S.) →Directed to Question 7

_____Enhancement of existing (improve baseline conditions) →Directed to Question 8

_____Creation/conversion of existing (change baseline conditions) →Directed to Question 8

7. As part of the restoration project, indicate any realty actions (i.e., purchased or acquired easements or otherwise acquired land for U.S. Department of the Interior Land or other U.S. Government land, private land, or land outside the U.S.): (Check all that apply)

_____Conservation easement

_____Land acquisition

_____Direct land swap

_____Transfer to third party for conservation

_____Other (please describe)

8. Please identify the restoration site land cover: (check one)

_____Primarily terrestrial →Directed to answer Question 9 only

_____Primarily aquatic →Directed to answer Question 10 only

_____Both aquatic and terrestrial →Directed to answer both Questions 9 and 10

9. Please indicate the land cover type or condition using the following terrestrial categories: (Check all that apply)

_____Mostly broadleaf

_____Mostly conifer

_____Mostly shrub/scrub

_____Mostly herbaceous (grass, sedge, forb)

_____Barren/rock

_____Arid/desert

_____Waste/impaired for organismal life

_____Built (human-based structures and roads)

_____Other (please describe)

10. Please indicate the land cover type or condition using the following aquatic categories: (select all that apply) → Directed to answer Question 11 if “Riverine” is selected. Respondent will be directed to Question 12 otherwise.

_____Riverine (non-tidal)→Directed to answer Question 11

_____Lacustrine (lake environment)

_____Marine

_____Tidally influenced/coastal/beach

_____Wetland

_____Spring/fen (groundwater influenced)

_____Other (please describe)

11. Please indicate the type of riverine system using these sub-categories:

_____Perennial stream/river

_____Intermittent stream/creek

_____Headwater channel

_____Other (please describe)

12. Please select the restoration focus that applies to this specific action. Please note that restoration intended to benefit specific organisms primarily through habitat work should be considered habitat-based: (Check all that apply)

_____Habitat-based	→Directed to answer Questions 13
_____Organism-based	→ Directed to answer Questions 14-17
_____Non-biotic human use and/or cultural (non-Tribal)	→ Directed to answer Questions 18 and 19
_____Tribal	→ Directed to answer Question 20

13. Please indicate the habitat-based restoration actions using the following categories: (Check all that apply)

_____Planting

_____Seeding

_____Propagating

_____Storage (e.g., seed banking)

_____Invasive species control

_____Cropland conversion

_____Woody fuels management

_____Herbaceous fuels management

_____Vegetation management

_____Debris addition (e.g., coarse woody)

_____Bank stabilization/erosion control

_____Contouring

_____Dam removal

_____Channelization

_____De-channelization

_____Culvert replacement

_____Erosion control

_____Sediment removal

_____Coral reef restoration

_____Wetland creation

_____Marsh creation

_____Shoreline restoration

_____Other

14. Please indicate which of the following were included in the organism-based restoration actions: (Check all that apply)

_____Bird → Directed to Questions 15 and 16

_____Fish → Directed to Questions 15 and 16

_____Mammal → Directed to Questions 15 and 16

_____Amphibian → Directed to Questions 15 and 16

_____Reptile → Directed to Questions 15 and 16

_____Mollusc → Directed to Questions 15 and 16

_____Invertebrate (not including mollusc) → Directed to Questions 15 and 16

_____Grass → Directed to Questions 15 and 17

_____Forb → Directed to Questions 15 and 17

_____Shrub → Directed to Questions 15 and 17

_____Tree → Directed to Questions 15 and 17

_____Other (e.g., lichen, moss, etc.) (please describe)

15. Please indicate the listing status of the organism on which the restoration actions were focused: (Check all that apply)

_____Federally threatened or endangered species

_____State threatened or endangered species

_____Non-listed species

_____Other special concerns (please describe)

16. Please indicate the faunal organism-based restoration actions: (Check all that apply)

_____Protection

_____Breeding/Hatching/Rearing

_____Nest creation/inserts

_____Reintroduction/translocation

_____Other (please describe)

17. Please indicate the floral organism-based restoration actions: (Check all that apply)

_____Protection

_____Plant propagation

_____Seeding

_____Planting

_____Storage (e.g., seed banking)

_____Other (please describe)

18. Please indicate the non-biotic human use restoration actions of this project: (Check all that apply)

    _____Built/replaced/repaired (e.g., buildings, boat ramps, trails)

    _____Education (e.g., signage, visitor center, audio/visual materials, social media, classes)

    _____Removal (e.g., dam, building, road)

    _____Other (please describe)

    
    

19. If applicable, please indicate the non-biotic human use restoration actions that were conducted for cultural, non-tribal purposes and provide a brief description of this purpose (e.g., archaeological, historical significance): (Check all that apply, plus open-ended response for each checked action)

_____Built/replaced/repaired (e.g., buildings, boat ramps, trails)

_____Education (e.g., signage, visitor center, audio/visual materials, social media, classes)

_____Removal (e.g., dam, building, road)

_____Other (please describe)

20. Please indicate the tribal restoration actions of this project: (Check all that apply)

    _____ Cultural/religious/spiritual

    _____ Ecological

    _____Educational (e.g., job training, scholarships, signage, interpretation)

    _____Economic (e.g., commercial fishery, tourism)

    _____Other (please describe)

    
    

21. Did you hire any contractors to work on this restoration project? (Contractors are firms hired to perform and conduct components of this restoration project)

    _____Yes question 27

    _____No question 22

    
    

22. What was the total project expenditure? $____________________________

23. Non-monetary exchanges: Were any non-monetary exchanges included in the project? An example of a non-monetary exchange would be paying a contractor with timber removed from the restoration site as part of the larger restoration project.

_____Yes question 24

_____No question 25

24. Please provide any additional information on the exchange and how the products of the exchange may be used (e.g., biomass for energy production, timber likely destined for a pulp mill, or furniture production). Please be as specific as possible.

25. Please describe the restoration action(s) that were performed for this restoration project. For each action, please indicate the type of action. For example, if you did archeological work in-house as part of your planning and part of your monitoring, you would write archeology as Action 1 and check both the planning and monitoring boxes for that action.

	Type of Action
	Planning	Implementation	Monitoring
Action 1:_____________________________	□	□	□
Action 2: _____________________________	□	□	□
Action 3: _____________________________	□	□	□
Action 4: _____________________________	□	□	□
Action 5: _____________________________	□	□	□

26. This is the end of the survey. Thank you for taking the time to provide this information about your restoration project. In order to prevent duplication of data, can you please tell us if you have been asked similar questions about this restoration project by another federal agency. If yes, please identify the federal agency.

27. How many different contractors were hired to work on this restoration project? (Can be any whole number)____

28. How much was spent in-house and on contracting? (Contracting expenditures include the total amount to hire firms to perform and conduct components of this restoration project.)

	Total Expenditures ($)
In-House
Contractor 1
Contractor 2
Contractor 3
Contractor 4
Contractor 5
	= X (sum of total project costs )

29. Non-monetary exchanges: Were any non-monetary exchanges included in the project? An example of a non-monetary exchange would be paying a contractor with timber removed from the restoration site as part of the larger restoration project.

_____Yes question 30

_____No question 31

30. Please provide any additional information on the exchange and how the products of the exchange may be used (e.g., biomass for energy production, timber likely destined for a pulp mill, or furniture production). Please be as specific as possible.

31. Please describe the restoration action(s) that were performed in-house. For each action, please indicate the type of action. For example, if you did archeological work in-house as part of your planning and part of your monitoring, you would write archeology as Action 1 and check both the planning and monitoring boxes for that action.

	Type of Action
	Planning	Implementation	Monitoring
Action 1:________________________	□	□	□
Action 2:________________________	□	□	□
Action 3: ________________________	□	□	□
Action 4: ________________________	□	□	□
Action 5: ________________________	□	□	□

32. Please provide contact information, payment amount, and starting and ending dates for one contractor hired for this restoration project.

Name of firm: ___________________________________________________

Point of contact: __________________________________________________

Phone number: ___________________________________________________

Email address: ___________________________________________________

33. Please describe the restoration action(s) that this contractor was hired to do. For each action, please indicate the type of action. For example, if the contractor was hired to do archeological work as part of your planning and part of your monitoring, you would write archeology as Action 1 and check both the planning and monitoring boxes for that action.

	Type of Action
	Planning	Implementation	Monitoring
Action 1:________________________	□	□	□
Action 2:________________________	□	□	□
Action 3: ________________________	□	□	□
Action 4: ________________________	□	□	□
Action 5: ________________________	□	□	□

34. Do you have contact information for another contractor to enter?

_____Yes repeat questions 32-34

_____No 35

35. This is the end of the survey. Thank you for taking the time to provide this information about your restoration project. In order to prevent duplication of data, can you please tell us if you have been asked similar questions about this restoration project by another federal agency. If yes, please identify the federal agency.