Productive Partnerships Measure

This roll-up measure summarizes the degree DNRP is achieving its Productive Partnerships goal:

Collaborate with partners throughout the region to achieve improved environmental and community outcomes.

2006 results

DNRP's rating for the performance measures that support this goal is a yellow — signifying results are within 10 percent of target.

Areas under this goal where DNRP performed well:

• Supporting green building practices in the private sector.

Areas under this goal where DNRP performance approaches target:

• Partnership with cities and other jurisdictions;
• Customer satisfaction;
• Volunteering; and
• Residents' stewardship levels.

Areas under this goal where data is insufficient:

• Recreational opportunities via community partnerships.

Key influencing factors

Because DNRP is only one of many entities with influence over King County's environmental quality, collaborating with partners is essential to the department's mission. Additional city incorporations and annexations elevate the role of cities in protecting and enhancing the region's natural resources.

Cities, tribes, water and sewer districts and other jurisdictions helped drive the completion of watershed plans to guide and inform salmon recovery efforts. Cities are actively engaged in the update of the King County Solid Waste Management Comprehensive Plan and are partners in wastewater planning.

King County residents' stewardship activities are influenced by a host of economic and cultural factors, some of which DNRP can influence through policies, incentives, outreach and education, while others are driven by national policies and broader social trends.

Success of any volunteer stewardship program depends on having the staff necessary to coordinate and guide volunteer contributions. Demographic trends also influence volunteer stewardship activities. As our population ages, there are increased numbers of retirees, many who have the physical ability and drive to contribute to improvements in their community's natural resources.

Strategies going forward

DNRP will expand and intensify its collaboration with partners in upcoming years. A few priority areas include:

• Further engaging with landowners on agricultural and forestry land conservation;
• Expanding partnerships with community groups on recreation service delivery;
• Working with cities on developing solid waste management and recycling programs; and
• Collaborating with a host of landowners, non-profit groups and public-sector entities on efforts to restore salmon and Puget Sound.

On the Enumclaw Plateau, DNRP will continue its partnership with local dairy farmers, the King Conservation District and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to plan a collection and centralized manure digester. If successful, the system would collect and treat nutrient-rich cow manure from dairies, creating a new energy source, and an improved fertilizer source and protecting air and water quality on the Plateau.

Volunteer programs will be expanded as resources allow to further engage residents in stewardship activities.

The Green Building Team will increase its collaboration with the Master Building Association of King and Snohomish counties and others to increase development of BuiltGreen certified homes.

More information about King County's City Partnerships, Recreation Partnerships, Volunteerism, Residents Stewardship, Customer Satisfaction, and Green Building is available by continuing to the pages for these measures:

• City Partnerships
• Recreation Partnerships
• Volunteerism
• Residents Stewardship
• Customer Satisfaction
• Green Building

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