This evaluation has not been designed to quantitatively measure the extent of the impact of the project and its range of activities on NRM awareness, collaboration and practice change. Given the two year timeframe of the project, there is not an expectation of direct widespread on-ground impact. However, the evidence from the project reports, informed persons and case studies is that the project has made some strong inroads towards this end and has effectively generated a new ripple of interest and possibilities for more effective NRM management in the cotton industry and its catchment communities. The challenge now is build on what has been started and to turn the ripple into a tide. ~