| State Biodiversity Database Survey |
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| Contact: Katherine E. Pague (Senior Information Manager) |
| Organization: CO State University |
| State: CO |
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| NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION (Who filled out survey?) |
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| NAME | Katherine E. Pague |
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| TITLE | Senior Information Manager |
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| AGENCY/ORGANIZATION | CO State University |
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| ADDRESS | 254 General Services Building |
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| CITY, STATE, ZIP | Fort Collins, CO 80523 |
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| TELEPHONE AND FACSIMILE | Phone: (970) 491-0992 |
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| | Fax: (970) 491-3349 |
| EMAIL/FTP/WWW | kpague@lamar.colostate.edu |
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| ORIGINATOR (Owner/Agency) | The Nature Conservancy & CO Natural Heritage Program. |
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| DATABASE NAME | Biological and Conservation Datasystem |
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| DATABASE ACRONYMS | BCD |
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| DATABASE ABSTRACT (A brief summary of the data set): |
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| Biological and Conservation Datasystem is populated and updated
with biological, rarity and legal status, locations, and
protection information for rare and imperiled animals, plants and
significant natural communities of Colorado. The structure of the
datasystem was developed by The Nature Conservancy who continues
to maintain it, while actual state records are entered by CNHP.
At this time, approximately 7000 locational records exist, which
are based on actual field surveys, museum, and herbaria literature
and other sources.
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| PURPOSE OF THE DATABASE: |
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| To make available comprehensive, up-to-date information on known
locations of significant, imperiled biological resources to land
managers, planners, developers, private land owners, and others
capable of taking conservation actions or making land use
decisions. |
| SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Agency Mandate, etc.): |
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| Some information maintained by The Colorado Natural Heritage
Program is considered Sensitive. It is deemed as such by specific
landowners or regulatory agencies. CNHP will work with individual
requestors on a case by case basis to meet information needs
appropriately. |
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| DATE RANGE OF RECORDS: | early 1800's - 1996, present |
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| IS DATA CONTINUOUS? (Yes or No): | Yes |
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| EXPLAIN GAPS IN THE DATA: | |
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| HOW OFTEN IS THE INFORMATION UPDATED? |
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| Continually Updated |
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| WHEN WAS THE LAST UPDATE?: | |
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| COMMENTS ON UPDATE STATUS: | |
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SPATIAL DOMAIN OF DATA SET
(Lat/Long coordinates, State/Region, etc.): | |
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| Colorado | |
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| BIODIVERSITY KEYWORDS: |
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| THEME |
SPECIES |
TYPE |
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| Species Distribution |
Mammals |
Bibliography |
| Population Levels/Density |
Fish |
Surveys |
| Management |
Birds |
Museum Collections |
| Life History |
Reptiles |
Summary Data |
| Habitat Associations |
Amphibians |
Anecdotal |
| Habitat Maps |
Plants |
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| Wetland Maps |
Fungi |
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| Soils Maps |
Terrestrial Invertebrates |
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| Other; see comments |
Aquatic Invertebrates |
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PLACE KEYWORDS
(Words/Phrases describing database extent & location): |
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| Colorado |
Rocky Mountains |
Great Plains |
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| DATASET CONSTRAINTS: ACCESS TO THE DATABASE |
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| Cooperative agreements |
| Licensing agreements |
| Fees |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: |
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| Fees are charged to "for-profit" uses for information.
Licensing agreements are preferred for digital data
release and use. Cooperative agreements are preferred for
continual data exchange with agencies and organizations.
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| DATASET CONSTRAINTS: USE OF THE DATABASE: |
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| Citation requirements. |
| Distribution. |
| Other; see comments. |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET USE CONSTRAINTS: |
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| Careful interpretation of the data is important to CNHP and
we encourage review of docs in which CNHP data are used.
Data sensitivity is an issue dealt with on case by case
basis with many solutions. |
| DATA ACCURACY: |
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| DATA QUALITY INFORMATION (How accurate is the information?): |
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| Locational data are at four levels of precision as standard
methodology dictates.
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| QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES USED: |
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| Stringent quality control of data is implemented at two
levels of processing. This is also part of standard
methodology. |
| ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY, LOGICAL CONSISTENCY, COMPLETENESS & LINEAGE: |
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| DATA REFERENCING: SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION & REFERENCING: |
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| DATA SET GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE INFORMATION (Is it geographically referenced?): |
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| YES, point/location information |
| YES, vector/polygon information |
| YES, by administrative boundary; see comments |
| YES, by place; see comments |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATA REFERENCING: |
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| Administrative Boundary: County, District, Quad, Watershed
Place: Ecoregion, etc.
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| ENTITY AND ATTRIBUTES (What species/system/attributes measured): |
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| see abstract, page 1 |
| DATA DISTRIBUTION - CONTACT INFORMATION: (How to obtain the data set): |
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| Lee Grunav/Dean Goeldner, Environmental Review Section, CNHP. |
| CSA, CNR |
| 254 General Services Building |
| Fort Collins, CO 80523 |
| Phone:( 970) 491-2844 Fax:( 970) 491-3349. |
| Email/FTP/WWW Address: heritage@lamar.colostate.edu |
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| CURRENT DATABASE FORM AVAILABLE (media, digital, non-digital, etc.): |
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| On-line/Internet. |
| Other; see comments. |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATABASE CURRENT FORM: |
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| Specific requests dealt with on a case by case basis for
locational information. Lists of species currently tracked
is on internet CNHP Home Page. Also lists by Baileys
ecoregions and soon by county. |
| DATABASE SIZE (Megabytes, etc.): |
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| Not available in entirety |
| ADDITIONAL METADATA AVAILABLE FOR DATA SET:
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| COMMENTS REGARDING METADATA: |
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