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PROVING IT:
3 Ways BREC Measures What it Did Well in 2022
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BREC’s Natural Resources Management Division created, and field tested The Rapid Ecological Assessment Protocol (REAP) throughout 2022. Starting in 2023, the REAP assessment will be used to collect data to complete management plans for parks which include managing invasive species in BREC habitats, restoring biodiversity, promoting the use of native plant species, establishing a monitoring and maintenance protocol for different forms of green infrastructure within BREC parks and establishing a monitoring and maintenance schedule for BREC fishing ponds. Data will be utilized daily by the team and reported bi-annually through the mid-year and annual report.
In the 8th year of the Imagine Your Parks 2 plan, the Planning and Engineering team completed 31 capital construction projects while managing a total of 82 projects either in the planning, design or construction stage. The progress of the projects both in construction and finance are presented monthly to the BREC Commission, quarterly to a citizen advisory committee and to the public through the BREC website and social media. In fact, BREC’s Strategic Saturday social media posts are, by far, the most successful social media campaign since it first launched in 2016.
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the start of BREC operations, the Communications team combed through documents used to plan BREC’s 65th anniversary celebration along with ten years of annual reports to create a timeline of the agency’s history. It was displayed in three eye-catching banners at an informational tent at the event and is housed on BREC’s website where it will be updated annually. The Planning and Engineering team also created timeline banners of capital construction milestones for the event.
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