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Request for scientific review of Monitoring and Evaluation Guidance Document
April 14, 2006
TO: Dr. Nancy Huntly, Chair, Independent Scientific Advisory Board
      Dr. Eric Loudenslager, Chair, Independent Review Panel 
FROM: Tom Karier, Chair 
SUBJECT: Review of Monitoring and Evaluation Guidance Document 
The Council requests your review of the document titled, "Draft Guidance for 
Developing Monitoring and Evaluation as a Program Element of the Fish and 
Wildlife Program."
The Council is not interested in a plan to develop a plan for monitoring and 
evaluation. Instead we need a monitoring and evaluation plan that is ready to 
guide the 07-09 funding recommendations and satisfies the following conditions: 
  Does this draft adequately account for and evaluate the current level of 
  monitoring and evaluation in the Council’s program? 
  Does the draft adequately identify priorities for future funding for 
  monitoring and evaluation? 
  If implemented, will this draft provide sufficient information to allow the 
  Council to produce an annual evaluation report of the success of the program 
  in meeting its objectives?” 
  Are the timelines in this plan sufficient to guide current funding decisions 
  for 07-09 projects? 
The Council also requests that you concurrently review a section of the Project 
Selection Programmatic Issue Memo, version three, that addresses the 
implementation monitoring and evaluation tasks for the program. Please conclude 
your review by June 2, 2006.