Full Title: Number of acres of national parks, state parks, city parks, county parks, or other public lands and tribal communities that are cleaned or improved.
Definition of Key Terms
National parks, State parks, city parks, county parks: park/recreation areas that are designated by national, state, city, or county governments (not trails or rivers; see #5)
Other public lands: other publicly owned lands
Tribal communities: Same meaning as imparted by the definitions of “Indian Lands” and “Indian Tribes” provided in. SEC. 101. [42 U.S.C. 12511] Definitions (http://www.americorps.gov/help/ac_sn_all/ASN_Megasearch_Site.htm)
Cleaned: cleared of unnatural debris such as litter, hazardous waste, etc.
Improved: cleared of natural debris (such as fallen trees/limbs), made safer, etc.
How to Calculate Measure/Collect Data
Count of number of acres that are either cleaned or improved. Count each acre that is either cleaned or improved only once during the program year. It may be necessary to both clean and improve the same acre, but it counts only once. It may be necessary to clean and acre more than once, but it should be counted only once. Only count the acres that are actually cleaned/improved; do not count the entire park/land area unless your project cleans/improves the entire area.