State Biodiversity Database Survey
Contact: William Christie (Div of Nat Heritage)
Organization: TN Dept of Env & Conservation
State: TN
NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION (Who filled out survey?)
NAME William Christie
TITLE Div of Nat Heritage
AGENCY/ORGANIZATION TN Dept of Env & Conservation
ADDRESS 401 Church St, 8th Flr
CITY, STATE, ZIP Nashville, TN 37243-0447
TELEPHONE AND FACSIMILEPhone: (615)532-0437
     Fax: (615)532-0046
EMAIL/FTP/WWW 
  
ORIGINATOR (Owner/Agency) Tennessee Natural Heritage Program
DATABASE NAME Biological and Conservation Data System
DATABASE ACRONYMSBCD
DATABASE ABSTRACT (A brief summary of the data set):
Rare and Endangered species database, include location, status, special sites, and managed areas.
PURPOSE OF THE DATABASE:
Rare and Endangered species identification, location, population. Also used for environmental review, natural area designations, status surveys, and range mapping.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Agency Mandate, etc.):
 
DATE RANGE OF RECORDS:April, 1842 - May, 1996, 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.):		 
36 degrees 45' 00" x 34 degrees 52' 30"
 
81 degrees 30' 00" x 90 degrees 22' 30"
 
BIODIVERSITY KEYWORDS:
THEME SPECIES TYPE
Species Distribution Mammals  
  Fish  
  Birds  
  Reptiles  
  Amphibians  
  Plants  
  Terrestrial Invertebrates  
  Aquatic Invertebrates  
PLACE KEYWORDS
(Words/Phrases describing database extent & location):
 
DATASET CONSTRAINTS: ACCESS TO THE DATABASE
 
COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET ACCESS CONSTRAINTS:
 
DATASET CONSTRAINTS: USE OF THE DATABASE:
Copyright agreements.
Distribution.
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, vector/polygon information
YES, by administrative boundary; see comments
YES, by place; see comments
COMMENTS REGARDING DATA REFERENCING:
Administrative Boundary: County, Quad, Watershed, Drainage Code
Place: Physiographic Province
Other: Full set of points on USGS Quad maps
ENTITY AND ATTRIBUTES (What species/system/attributes measured):
 
DATA DISTRIBUTION - CONTACT INFORMATION: (How to obtain the data set):
Reggie Reeves, Director, Natural Heritage Division
TN Department of Environment and Conservation
401 Church Street, 8th Fl, L&C Tower
Nashville, TN 37243-0447
Phone:( 615)532-0431 Fax:( 615)532-0046.
Email/FTP/WWW Address:
 
CURRENT DATABASE FORM AVAILABLE (media, digital, non-digital, etc.):
Other; see comments.
COMMENTS REGARDING DATABASE CURRENT FORM:
1) Through contact with the Data Manager for county lists, plant & animal lists, some electronic products, textual & geographic information;
2) Through formal correspondance to the Environmental Review Coordinator for review of areas for specific species locations.
DATABASE SIZE (Megabytes, etc.):
60+ Megabytes
ADDITIONAL METADATA AVAILABLE FOR DATA SET:
 
COMMENTS REGARDING METADATA: