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Evaluation of The Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk

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September 29, 2009

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Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• 1.0 Introduction
• 2.0 Program Profile
  • 2.1 Context
  • 2.2 Program Goals
  • 2.3 Program Activities
  • 2.4 Stakeholders and Recipients
  • 2.5 Governance Structure
  • 2.6 Resource Allocation
  • 2.7 Program Logic Model
  • 2.8 Previous Evaluations
• 3.0 Evaluation Design
  • 3.1 Purpose and Scope
  • 3.2 Evaluation Approach and Methodology
    • 3.2.1 Methods
    • 3.2.2 Limitations
• 4.0 Findings
  • 4.1 Relevance
  • 4.2 Success
  • 4.3 Cost-Effectiveness
  • 4.4 Design and Delivery
• 5.0 Conclusions
• 6.0 Recommendations
• 7.0 Management Response
• Annex 1 HSP Notional Allocation Formula
• Annex 2 Evaluation Matrix
• Annex 3 Bibliography
• Annex 4 Case Studies Outline
• Annex 5 Summary of Findings
  
  
• List of Tables
  • Table 1. Program Administration
  • Table 2. Comparison between Population and Sample by Stream and Region
  • Table 3. HSP Performance Data – 2004-05 to 2007-08
  • Table 4. HSP Costs for Environment Canada, DFO and PCA
  • Table 5. HSP Expenditures (Environment Canada only)
  • Table 6. HSP Projects, Funding and Leveraging
    
    
• List of Figures
  • Figure 1. Annual Program Cycle
  • Figure 2. Logic Model for the Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk
  • Figure 3. Activities Undertaken as Part of an Activity
  • Figure 4. Results of HSP-Funded Project

Acronyms used in the report

ADM

Assistant Deputy Minister

CESCC

Canadian Endangered Species Conservation Council

COSEWIC

Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

DFO

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

DPR

Departmental Performance Report

ENGO

Environmental non-governmental organization

HSP

Habitat Stewardship Program

NA

Not applicable

NGO

Non-governmental organization

NSC

National Steering Committee

PCA

Parks Canada Agency

RIB

Regional implementation board

RMAF/RBAF

Results-based Management and Accountability Framework / Risk-based Audit Framework

RPP

Report on Plans and Priorities

SAR

Species at risk

SARA

Species at Risk Act

Acknowledgments

The Evaluation Project Team would like to express its gratitude to all those who contributed to this project, with special thanks to the members of the Evaluation Committee and all the interviewees who provided the insights and comments crucial to this evaluation.

The Evaluation Project Team was led by Martine Perrault under the direction of Shelley Borys, Evaluation Director at Environment Canada. The team included Karine Kisilenko, Robert Tkaczyk, Kaitlin Alkema, Fraser Smith and Jonas Dossou Azonaha from Environment Canada; Lynda Duchesne, Raynald Miller, Mélanie Dubuc and Éric Robard from Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Christine Milton-Feasby from the Parks Canada Agency; Lisa O’Reilly and Rebecca Whitley, evaluation consultants; and EKOS Research Associates.

Prepared by the Evaluation Division, Audit and Evaluation Branch, Environment Canada