State Biodiversity Database Survey
Contact: Hope Barrett (Biologist/Database Coordinator)
Organization: KY Dept of Fish & Wildlife Resources
State: KY
NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION (Who filled out survey?)
NAME Hope Barrett
TITLE Biologist/Database Coordinator
AGENCY/ORGANIZATION KY Dept of Fish & Wildlife Resources
ADDRESS#1 Game Farm Road
CITY, STATE, ZIP Frankfort, KY 40601
TELEPHONE AND FACSIMILEPhone: (502)564-4406
     Fax: (502)564-6508
EMAIL/FTP/WWW HBarrett@mail.state.ky.us
  
ORIGINATOR (Owner/Agency) KY Dept of Fish & Wildlife Resources
DATABASE NAME Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Information System
DATABASE ACRONYMS KFWIS
DATABASE ABSTRACT (A brief summary of the data set):
The core database describes life history and other attributes about the known fauna in Kentucky. The traditional purpose is to document digitally the presence/absence of fauna on a county basis.
PURPOSE OF THE DATABASE:
To maintain and update presence/absence and biological/ecological information for the fauna in the state of Kentucky. Plan to link to habitat layers for habitat association analysis in KY GAP Analysis Program.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Agency Mandate, etc.):
 
DATE RANGE OF RECORDS: 
IS DATA CONTINUOUS? (Yes or No):  
EXPLAIN GAPS IN THE DATA: 
 
 
HOW OFTEN IS THE INFORMATION UPDATED?
Irregularly Updated
WHEN WAS THE LAST UPDATE?: 
COMMENTS ON UPDATE STATUS: 
As priorities and time allow. As data is available.
 
SPATIAL DOMAIN OF DATA SET
(Lat/Long coordinates, State/Region, etc.):		 
State of Kentucky
 
BIODIVERSITY KEYWORDS:
THEME SPECIES TYPE
Species Distribution Mammals Bibliography
Life History Fish  
Habitat Associations Birds  
  Reptiles  
  Amphibians  
  Plants  
  Terrestrial Invertebrates  
  Aquatic Invertebrates  
PLACE KEYWORDS
(Words/Phrases describing database extent & location):
  Kentucky  
DATASET CONSTRAINTS: ACCESS TO THE DATABASE
Other; see comments
COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET ACCESS CONSTRAINTS:
Software, hardware, lack of networks and server.
DATASET CONSTRAINTS: USE OF THE DATABASE:
Citation requirements
COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET USE CONSTRAINTS:
 
DATA ACCURACY:
DATA QUALITY INFORMATION (How accurate is the information?):
Over half of the historical records are unverifiable. All data entered as of 11/95 is verified.
QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES USED:
Historically, very few. Currently, all data is documented with bibliography.
ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY, LOGICAL CONSISTENCY, COMPLETENESS & LINEAGE:
 
DATA REFERENCING: SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION & REFERENCING:
DATA SET GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE INFORMATION (Is it geographically referenced?):
NO
COMMENTS REGARDING DATA REFERENCING:
Presently in flat files. Soon to be tied to Arc/Info; initially in county polygons with some point data.
ENTITY AND ATTRIBUTES (What species/system/attributes measured):
Species presence/absence, Distribution, Life History, Guildings, Taxonomy, Status (protection), Management practices, Environmental associations, Habitat associations.
DATA DISTRIBUTION - CONTACT INFORMATION: (How to obtain the data set):
Hope R. Barrett, Wildlife Biologist/Database Coordinator
KY Dept of Fish & Wildlife Resources
#1 Game Farm Road
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone:( 502)564-4406 Fax:( 502)564-6508
Email/FTP/WWW Address: HBarrett@mail.state.ky.us
 
CURRENT DATABASE FORM AVAILABLE (media, digital, non-digital, etc.):
Other; see comments.
COMMENTS REGARDING DATABASE CURRENT FORM:
Request by phone, fax, email
DATABASE SIZE (Megabytes, etc.):
7 Megabytes (core database); +47 Megs of other supportive databases.
ADDITIONAL METADATA AVAILABLE FOR DATA SET:
Data Dictionaries
Published Documents
COMMENTS REGARDING METADATA: