Goals
STRAW projects have three overarching goals: ecology, education and community.

ECOLOGY
 
Goal: Enhance/Improve Watershed Habitats
Objectives:
-Use native vegetation
-Address specific wildlife needs
-Create comprehensive projects with biodiversity
-Address abiotic quality (H2O quality, erosion, etc.)
-Project should function as part of a whole system
-Utilize current/progressive techniques and approaches
 
Goal: Strong Probability of Success
Objectives:
-Exclusionary methods/structures to protect project
-Landowner commitment to success
-Project maintenance/evaluation and quality control
-Does not conflict with long-term land use goals
-Select sites with low probability of alteration
 
EDUCATION
 
Goal: Provide Excellent Model of Ecological Restoration
Objectives:
-Provide a "hands on" restoration
-Provide students with important viable professional quality work
-Expose students to progressive approaches and techniques in ecological water restoration
-Create sense of stewardship, empowerment and community contribution
 
Goal: Provide Opportunity for Rewarding Experiences
Objectives:
-Enjoyment, be safe and have a teamwork focus
-Provide appropriate work for students
-Opportunity to learn use of tools and safety
-Provide adequate and appropriate tools
-Address safety factors
-Set context and framework in class prior to restoration
-Provide good supervision and preparation
-Provide good preparation for teachers, parents, and interns
 
COMMUNITY
 
Goal: Collaboration between Multiple Stakeholders 
Objectives:
-Expose different communities to one another
-Create forum for different voices and backgrounds to be heard
 
Goal: Improve Physical and Social Conditions
Objective:
-Combine all goals and objectives of each component