2005 Inventory & Monitoring Data Management Workshop

October 17-21, 2005, Fort Collins, CO

 

The intent of this workshop was to provide an overview of the NPS natural resource inventories and applications, and of the programs of the Natural Resource Program Center in Fort Collins. Presentation materials are provided below as zip or doc files.

Agenda

 

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Monday

   Air Resources Inventory
   Climate Inventory
   Geologic Resources Inventory
   Natural Resource Information on the Web
   PRIDE Project
   Soils Inventory
   Vegetation Mapping

Tuesday

   Base Cartography Inventory
   Biological Inventories
   Developing Institutional Knowledge
   NatureBib
   Water Quality Inventory

Wednesday

   Data Management Plans
   Fire Ecology Program
   Managing Photo Resources
   Overview of the Monitoring Program
   Protocol Development
   Records Management
   RPRS (Research Permit and Reporting System)
   Prioritizing and Selecting Vital Signs

Thursday

   Clearinghouses: Data Store and NPSFocus
   Geodatabases and ArcIMS
   Metadata Overview and Metadata Tools
   Network Websites
   NRDT (Natural Resource Database Template)
   NR-GIS Program Overview
   Universal Web Login and Natural Resource Unit Information Database
   (handout: useful GIS and GPS links)

Friday

   Data Distribution and Reporting
   Working with Park Museums and Archives