The emphasis of District requests was staffing and funding to work on the critical resource concerns in their District Work Plans. Districts are preparing themselves for the future by updating their Long Range Plans. Directors are beginning to act on their powers and authorities, and are increasingly attentive to RCD roles under the Farm Bill and other legislation. Consequently, the Districts who attended are talking to the Districts who didn't, and concern over the specific wording of the MOU is spreading. Essentially we are at the end of Project Revive.
Final reports are in progress to cover specific evaluations mentioned in the original Proposal.
From the Team's point of view Project Revive was very successful. For the project funders, this is a mixed blessing. Active Districts are self-directed district. They are locally-led. Directors are better informed that they were 2 years ago.