Community Programs

The Colorado Pika Project

Formative & Summative Evaluation

Capacity Building

Overview

The Colorado Pika Project is a community science research project that collects data on wild Pika in the Colorado mountains. The project trains volunteers to gather data at determined locations. A long-term outcome is that through their engagement in the program, volunteers would be motivated to expand their knowledge and activism on issues of climate change.

Evaluation Approach

The evaluators led program staff through a logic model development session. By using the logic model, program staff were able to articulate two evaluation questions:

1) To what degree is the volunteer training program effective
2) to what degree do volunteers have increased knowledge or behavior changes regarding climate change issues.

Both evaluation questions were measured through quantitative analysis of pre/post surveys.  
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Timeline

March 2018 – January 2019

POPULATION SERVED

Adult and youth community science volunteers in Colorado

 

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PARTNER AGENCIES

  • Rocky Mountain Wild
  • The Denver Zoo