Recreational Boating AIS Prevention Programs
Reporting and Evaluation: New York
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Program Component
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Evaluation of program effectiveness/efficiency
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Recent Office of State Comptroller audit recommends closer supervision of stewards and signage placed at more locations.
Adaptive management decision-making for program activities
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Program decisions are frequently made with supporting data from stewards’ Watercraft Inspection Steward Program Application (WISPA), including development of a model that integrates data collected at boat launch inspection sites to improve and streamline the process of boat inspections
Evaluation of pathway risk to support programs
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Data collected through WISPA informs other risk assessment programs
REPORTING Watercraft inspection/decontamination staff are required to report levels of compliance to the relevant state/provincial agency
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Levels of compliance are tracked through Watercraft Inspection Steward Program Application data.