State Biodiversity Database Survey
Contact: Karen Cieminski (Data Manager)
Organization: D of C Natural Heritage Program
State: MD
NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION (Who filled out survey?)
NAME Karen Cieminski
TITLE Data Manager
AGENCY/ORGANIZATION DC Natural Heritage Program
ADDRESS13025 Riley's Lock Rd
CITY, STATE, ZIP Poolesville, MD 20837
TELEPHONE AND FACSIMILEPhone: (301) 427-1302
     Fax: (301) 427-1355
EMAIL/FTP/WWW karen_cieminski@nps.gov
  
ORIGINATOR (Owner/Agency)The Nature Conservancy
DATABASE NAME Biological and Conservation Database
DATABASE ACRONYMS BCD
DATABASE ABSTRACT (A brief summary of the data set):
Qualitative and locational information on the rare species of Washington, D.C.
PURPOSE OF THE DATABASE:
Track rare species in the District of Columbia.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Agency Mandate, etc.):
 
DATE RANGE OF RECORDS: all - present
IS DATA CONTINUOUS? (Yes or No): Yes
EXPLAIN GAPS IN THE DATA: 
 
 
HOW OFTEN IS THE INFORMATION UPDATED?
Continually Updated
WHEN WAS THE LAST UPDATE?:  
COMMENTS ON UPDATE STATUS: 
 
 
SPATIAL DOMAIN OF DATA SET
(Lat/Long coordinates, State/Region, etc.):
 
Washinton, D.C.
 
BIODIVERSITY KEYWORDS:
THEME SPECIES TYPE
Habitat Associations Mammals Museum Collections
  Fish Anecdotal
  Birds  
  Reptiles  
  Amphibians  
  Plants  
PLACE KEYWORDS
(Words/Phrases describing database extent & location):
Washinton, D. C.   District of Columbia
DATASET CONSTRAINTS: ACCESS TO THE DATABASE
Other; see coments
COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET ACCESS CONSTRAINTS:
This is a new program, all of this is still being decided.
DATASET CONSTRAINTS: USE OF THE DATABASE:
This is a new program, all of this is still being decided.
COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET USE CONSTRAINTS:
 
DATA ACCURACY:
DATA QUALITY INFORMATION (How accurate is the information?):
 
QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES USED:
 
ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY, LOGICAL CONSISTENCY, COMPLETENESS & LINEAGE:
 
DATA REFERENCING: SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION & REFERENCING:
DATA SET GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE INFORMATION (Is it geographically referenced?):
YES, point/location information
YES, by place; see comments
COMMENTS REGARDING DATA REFERENCING:
 
ENTITY AND ATTRIBUTES (What species/system/attributes measured):
 
DATA DISTRIBUTION - CONTACT INFORMATION: (How to obtain the data set):
Karen Cieminski, Data Manager
National Park Service
D.C. Natural Heritage Program
13025 Riley's Lock Road
Poolesville, MD 20837
Phone:( 301)427-1302 Fax:( 301)427-1355
Email/FTP/WWW Address: karen_cieminski@nps.gov
 
CURRENT DATABASE FORM AVAILABLE (media, digital, non-digital, etc.):
Other; see comments.
COMMENTS REGARDING DATABASE CURRENT FORM:
Hard copy
DATABASE SIZE (Megabytes, etc.):
 
ADDITIONAL METADATA AVAILABLE FOR DATA SET:
 
COMMENTS REGARDING METADATA: