Environment

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

Minimize waste and emissions, maximize resource re-use and recovery, and protect and restore habitats, ecological functions and aquatic conditions.

2008 results

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

Areas under this goal where DNRP performed well:

• Green Building Achievements
• Land and Resource Conservation
• Residents' stewardship levels.

Areas under this goal where DNRP performance approaches target:

• Permit and Facility Compliance
• Wastewater Resource Recovery
• Solid/Hazardous Waste Management
• Climate Response

Areas under this goal where DNRP performance needs improvement:

• Energy Plan
• Chinook Salmon Recovery Projects

Key influencing factors

The Elected Leadership in King County and the Water and Resources Division made great strides forward with the creation of the King County Flood Control Zone District and the adoption of a comprehensive flood risk reduction plan.

Land and resource conservation targets were hit through enhanced purchasing practices and more effective conservation outreach. Successes within the land and resource conservation measures are due in part to the relationships that rural and resource program staff have built with forest and farm landowners.

Cooperative relationships with cities and investments in new trails allow such a high percentage of residents to have easy access to King County's 175 miles of regional trails.

Strategies going forward

DNRP will continue to improve processes and systems to ensure its wastewater plants, transfer stations and landfills, and the stormwater program in unincorporated King County meet or exceed regulatory requirements. DNRP will seek to increase the monitoring of the environmental conditions that our programs seek to improve, which will help ensure permit compliance.

Over the next few years, DNRP will develop and implement new ways of tracking progress on capital projects, including the use of scorecards for capital project performance, which will include address features such as energy efficiency and other sustainability issues.

With the new King County Flood Control Zone District in place, DNRP will implement its flood hazard management plan to advance both public safety goals and ecological improvements.

DNRP's land and resource conservation efforts will expand to better use all of the tools available, including public acquisition of key parcels and promotion of enhanced stewardship on private lands, plus innovative solutions such as King County's nationally acclaimed transfer of development rights program.

More information about King County's Facility/Permit Compliance, Land and Resource Conservation, Regional Trail Access, Flood Safety, and Capital Investment is available by continuing to the pages for these performance measures:

• Facility/Permit Compliance
• Wastewater Resource Recovery
• Land and Resource Conservation
• Solid/Hazardous Waste Mgt
• Residents Stewardship
• Chinook Salmon Recovery Projects
• Climate Protection
• Energy Plan Implementation
• Green Building Achievements

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