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Natural Resources and Parks 4th Annual Performance Measures Report

For current performance measures, please visit our Web site, KingStat: Environmental Indicators and Performance Measures for King County, Washington.

King County is committed to creating a high performance organization that is accountable to the public we serve. As part of this commitment, the Department of Natural Resources and Parks is in its fourth year of measuring our performance and using this performance information to improve the environment and quality of life in King County.

The aggressive targets we have set show our ambition for the future. In some cases our challenge is to continue a high level of performance and in others, we must improve to realize our vision for this region.

Sharing our performance goals and progress with the public is critical to the success of this new way of managing and demonstrating accountability. We invite you to read the report and share you thoughts with us through the opinion survey below.

Measuring for Results - 2005, the Department of Natural Resources' Performance Measures Report, is available in Adobe Acrobat format. For help using Acrobat files, please visit our Acrobat help page. To request a paper copy of this report, please call 206-296-6500 or e-mail us at anna.matte@kingcounty.gov .

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Full Document - Measuring for Results - 2005 (6.5 Mb); The report is also provided in sections for faster downloading and for visitors that have constrained computer memory:; Cover (60 Kb); Acknowledgements (82 Kb); Table of Contents (30 Kb); Letter from Management (89 Kb); Executive Summary (211 Kb); Introduction (649 Kb); Environmental Quality (380 Kb); Environmental Indicators (3.1 Mb); Waste to Resource (460 Kb); Community Investment (407 Kb); Leadership (225 Kb); Price of Service (492 Kb); Customer Satisfaction (217 Kb); Employee Involvement and Morale (355 Kb); Acronyms (25 Kb); Glossary (44 Kb); Appendix I: DNRP Financial Data (212 Kb)

Performance Reports for Past Years

Measuring for Results - 2004
Measuring for Results - 2003

Related Reports

As an agency, we are interested in the state of the environment and want to improve its condition and achieve specific outcomes. However, this report is not a comprehensive assessment of the King County environment. We are focusing our measurement efforts on indicators that measure conditions where our programs have either a potentially positive or negative influence. Other environmental conditions, such as air quality, impervious area, or land uses, are not within our agency's purview. The following reports offer a broader look at issues related to environmental quality, indicators and sustainability:

The State of the Nation's Ecosystems: Measuring the Lands, Waters, and Living Resources of the Unitied States (external link)
The Heinz Center

Draft Report on the Environment (external link)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Cascadia Scorecard: Seven Key Trends Shaping the Northwest (external link)
Northwest Environment Watch

State of the Sound 2004 and State of the Sound Report Card (external link)
Puget Sound Action Team

Georgia Basin - Puget Sound Ecosystem Indicators Report (external link)
Georgia Basin Ecosystem Initiative Coordination Office and Washington State Department of Ecology

King County Benchmark Report
King County

City of Seattle Environmental Action Agenda Targets & Indicators (pdf, external link)
City of Seattle

Related Information:

King County Performance Measurement

King County Benchmark Report

Environmental Stewardship in King County - DNRP 2005 Annual Report

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