Big Sky Watershed Corps Evaluation Project. Natural Resource Planning and Protection. Semi-Structured Interview Results.

Abstract

The Big Sky Watershed Corps (BSWC) is an AmeriCorps program implemented through a partnership between the Montana Conservation Corps (MCC), the Montana Watershed Coordination Council (MWCC), and the Montana Association of Conservation Districts (MACD). Individual Corps members are paired with water resource-related organizations and agencies, known as host sites, to promote professional development and increase the operating capacity of host sites to achieve their missions and/or purpose. Corps members serve eleven-month long “terms of service” with their host sites. This report is part of the overarching BSWC evaluation project, which seeks to understand the following research questions and sub-questions.