State Biodiversity Database Survey Contact: Mary Neighbours (Data Manager) Organization: WY Natural Diversity Database State: WY

NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION (Who filled out survey?)

NAME Mary Neighbours TITLE Data Manager AGENCY/ORGANIZATION WY Natural Diversity Database ADDRESS 1604 Grand Ave, Suite 2 CITY, STATE, ZIP Laramie, WY 82070 TELEPHONE AND FACSIMILE Phone: (307)745-5026       Fax: (307) 745-5026 call first EMAIL/FTP/WWW

ORIGINATOR (Owner/Agency) The Nature Conservancy DATABASE NAME Wyoming Natural Diversity Database DATABASE ACRONYMS WYNDD

DATABASE ABSTRACT (A brief summary of the data set): Locations of Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive species (TES); Ecological information on the sites where they are found; Documentation in a bibliographic file; Species Abstracts; Reports of field work on areas studied. PURPOSE OF THE DATABASE: Provide data on TES species and on natural communities in WY following standard Nature Conservancy methodology. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Agency Mandate, etc.):

DATE RANGE OF RECORDS: 1972 - 1996, present IS DATA CONTINUOUS? (Yes or No):   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.):   Counties in Wyoming; National Forests; BLM Lands

BIODIVERSITY KEYWORDS: THEME SPECIES TYPE Species Distribution Mammals Bibliography Population Levels/Density Fish Surveys Life History Birds Museum Collections   Reptiles     Amphibians     Plants

PLACE KEYWORDS (Words/Phrases describing database extent & location):   Wyoming

DATASET CONSTRAINTS: ACCESS TO THE DATABASE Other; see comments COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: We do not usually release information on private land, but will indicate if a species is "in the area". DATASET CONSTRAINTS: USE OF THE DATABASE:   COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET USE CONSTRAINTS:   DATA ACCURACY: DATA QUALITY INFORMATION (How accurate is the information?): Very accurate for plants; animal data is somewhat out of date, but has been located on the map. QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES USED: Review of information by biologists in the office, several quality control steps in data entry. ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY, LOGICAL CONSISTENCY, COMPLETENESS & LINEAGE: Fairly complete and accurate for TES plants, again, animal information is out of date. DATA REFERENCING: SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION & REFERENCING: DATA SET GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE INFORMATION (Is it geographically referenced?): YES, point/location information YES, by administrative boundary; see comments COMMENTS REGARDING DATA REFERENCING: Administrative Boundary: County, Quad, Watershed Other: Managed Areas: USFS, USFWS, BLM ENTITY AND ATTRIBUTES (What species/system/attributes measured): Rare, threatened, endangered species, or sensitive in some manner for the state of Wyoming. Natural communities in Wyoming. DATA DISTRIBUTION - CONTACT INFORMATION: (How to obtain the data set): Mary Neighbours, Data Manager WY Natural Diversity Database 1604 Grand Ave. Laramie, WY 82070 Phone:( 307)745-5026 Fax:( 307)745-5026 call first Email/FTP/WWW Address:   CURRENT DATABASE FORM AVAILABLE (media, digital, non-digital, etc.): Other; see comments. COMMENTS REGARDING DATABASE CURRENT FORM: By site-specific request, with some data sensitive restrictions. DATABASE SIZE (Megabytes, etc.):   ADDITIONAL METADATA AVAILABLE FOR DATA SET: Data Dictionaries Accuracy Precision Published Documents COMMENTS REGARDING METADATA: