Washington Conservation Action

Buyer seeks a consultant to lead equity and impact evaluation for a 5-year climate-smart forestry project in Pierce County, Washington. The consultant will develop approaches to measure community well-being, market impacts, and overall program effectiveness. Buyer aims to understand the project's impact on equity, environmental justice, rural livelihoods, and local economic development. The evaluation will focus on the benefits of climate-smart wood to local communities and the adoption of a climate-smart wood economy.

• 7/12/2024 - Proposal Due Date

• Develop approach to evaluate community well-being and market impacts
• Create framework to assess overall program impact
• Identify metrics for measuring equity and environmental justice impacts
• Propose methods for evaluating local economic development
• Design strategy to measure adoption of climate-smart wood economy
• Outline approach for baseline data collection
• Suggest qualitative and quantitative methods for impact assessment
• Integrate forest health impacts into overall evaluation framework
• Produce report summarizing evaluation approach and framework
• Incorporate feedback from WCA into final report