AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Ecological Integrity Assessment and Vegetation Classification: Sample Geodatabase for Vegetation Key Development at Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge

This study of Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge included development of a vegetation classification, map and database using the Federal Standard National Vegetation Classification System. 

This reference only contains the data collected under contract with NatureServe and is the data that is associated with the devised classification standard and key. The dataset is a Shapefile and includes sample identifiers and observer notes and identifiers. Vegetation samples included information on dominant species, cover height and percent cover.

Minidoka NWR initiated a vegetation mapping project based on the US National Vegetation Classification System. With the help of NatureServe, a preliminary classification and key was created for the refuge. The refuge continued data collection for two subsequent years [to the EIA] and under a contract with SWCA, a vegetation map was developed using NVC classes and also including cheat grass distribution.

Tags: ecological-integrity-assessment, eia, general-air-and-climate-weather-and-climate-climate-change, general-landscapes-landscape-ecology, general-management-landscape-management-habitat-scale
Organization: Department of the Interior
Vegetation Inventory, Classification, and Mapping - Geodatabase and Map Report [DRAFT]: Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge

Spatial vegetation/habitat database produced for Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). Classifications at the level of NVCS Groups and Alliances. This geodatabase also includes all field data: points associated with a parallel Ecological Integrity Assessment, training points, validation points, and accuracy assessment points.

Tags: climate-change, ecological-integrity-assessment, eia, general-biology-species-plants, general-landscapes-landscape-ecology, national-vegetation-classification-standard, natureserve, nvc, nvcs, vegetation-classification, vulnerability-assessment
Organization: Department of the Interior
LiDAR - White River National Wildlife Refuge

LiDAR geospatial data were collected on approximately 60,000 acres of White River National Wildlife Refuge in late fall-winter 2016-17.  The associated deliverables from the project are provided as geo-referenced in zipped folders. In some cases, data may extend beyond the refuge boundary and or include data associated with a larger LiDAR project which was not exclusively clipped to the boundaries of the refuge.  Associated Metadata is fully compliant.

Tags: dem, general-management-inventory, general-management-landscape-management-land-use-planning, general-management-landscape-management-landscape-conservation-planning, general-management-monitoring, hillshade, kentucky, lidar, light-detection-and-ranging, topo
Organization: Department of the Interior
Invasive Plant Inventory at Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge- Data Documentation

In 2019, an invasive plant inventory of priority invasive plant species in priority areas was conducted at Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Results from this effort will inform the development of invasive plant management objectives, strategies, and serves as a baseline for assessing change in the status of invasive plant distribution or abundance over time. This report holds the data documenting this effort.

Tags: alien, early-detection, general-biology-invasive-species-invasive-exotic-plants, general-management-inventory, invasive, inventory, ipiedpt, non-native, plants, priorities, prioritization, weeds
Organization: Department of the Interior
Turnbull NWR: Invasive Plant Inventory - Grid-based: Survey Grid (50 x 50 m) for Conducting Field-based Invasive Plant Surveys

This dataset was created to facilitate field-based invasive plant surveys. Each grid-cell constitutes a possible survey area within which a field surveyor documents the presence/absence of a suite of target species. The grid layer is displayed on a mobile device (smartphone or tablet) allowing the surveyor to navigate to the grid cell and establishes the geospatial boundaries of each survey.

Tags: biota, environment, general-biology-invasive-species-invasive-exotic-plants, general-management-inventory, invasive-species, inventory, noxious-weeds, survey, vascular-plants
Organization: Department of the Interior
2025 Forest Inventory Phase II data for the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge-Winona District

Forest Inventory Phase II GIS data for the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge-Winona District. Data is based off U.S. Army of Corps Engineers' MVP-ES Forest Inventory Phase II Protocol. Data covers 2025 field season. All data have been further cleaned and edited. See attached protocol for data field definitions.

Tags: arcgis, army-corps-engineers, collector, forest-inventory, general-biology-communities-and-ecosystems-forest, general-biology-communities-and-ecosystems-woodland, general-biology-infestations-and-disease-insect-pests, general-biology-infestations-and-disease-plant-diseases, general-biology-species-plants, general-management-natural-resources-management-forest-management, general-management-natural-resources-management-wildlife-management, tracheophyta, tracheophytes, vascular-plants
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sheldon NWR: Invasive Plant Inventory and Early Detection Prioritization Tool (IPIEDT) - Area, Species, Area-Species Link Tables, 2020

The IPIEDT is an Access Database file. The user responds to questions in a “yes/no/unknown” format or chooses from a list of states or conditions that best describe the situation. Each descriptive response corresponds to a numerical value which is then used to calculate species and area scores and generate ranked lists. A higher species or area score correlates to a higher priority for inventory.

The workshop's resulting data tables are archived so that the results of the workshop are preserved if the master database receives changes based on new threats or areas. Each Invasive Plant Species and Area Prioritization Workshop will have an IPIEDT Access database and 2-3 stand-alone CSV outputs. Each table is offered as an open source CSV and the Access Database tool zipped and is also available for download.

Tags: biota, database, general-biology-invasive-species-invasive-exotic-plants, habitat-management, invasive-species, ipiedpt, ipiedt, ipip, nonindigenous-species, planning, prioritization, weeds, workshop
Organization: Department of the Interior
Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge: Invasive Plant Inventory and Early Detection Prioritization Tool (IPIEDT) - Area, Species, Area-Species Link Tables, 2021

The IPIEDT is an Access Database file. The user responds to questions in a “yes/no/unknown” format or chooses from a list of states or conditions that best describe the situation. Each descriptive response corresponds to a numerical value which is then used to calculate species and area scores and generate ranked lists. A higher species or area score correlates to a higher priority for inventory.

The workshop's resulting data tables are archived so that the results of the workshop are preserved if the master database receives changes based on new threats or areas. Each Invasive Plant Species and Area Prioritization Workshop will have an IPIEDT Access database and 2-3 stand-alone CSV outputs. Each table is offered as an open source CSV and the Access Database tool zipped and is also available for download.

Tags: biota, database, general-biology-invasive-species-invasive-exotic-plants, habitat-management, invasive-species, ipiedpt, ipiedt, ipip, nonindigenous-species, planning, prioritization, weeds, workshop
Organization: Department of the Interior
ESG Lotic Wetland Health Assessment (Survey) Polygon Data Set Summary 1995, 1996, 1997

The following data is from the Lotic Wetland Health Assessment for Streams and Small
Rivers (Survey) . It does not include data from any inventory form (lotic or lentic) or any other health
assessment, such as the Lentic Wetland Health Assessment (Survey) or the Lotic Health
Assessment for Large River Systems (survey).

Tags: cmr, general-management-landscape-management-landscape-connectivity, general-water-hydrology-groundwater, general-water-hydrology-surface-water, health, riparian
Organization: Department of the Interior
Baca National Wildlife Refuge and Great Sand Dunes Vegetation Mapping Project

This vegetation classification and mapping effort encompasses 167,148 ha(413,031 acres )
within the San Luis Valley, west of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in south central Colorado.
The mapping boundary is made up of several management units from a variety of government
and private agencies (and a small amount of private property). These include the National Park
Service (Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve – 60,354 ha, 149,137 acres), U.S. Fish &
Wildlife Service (Baca National Wildlife Refuge – 37,483 ha, 92,623 acres), U.S. Forest Service,
Bureau of Land Management (Blanca Wetlands), and the Nature Conservancy (Medano-Zapata
Ranch – 13,243 ha, 32,725 acres). The mapped area includes portions of Saguache and Alamosa
Counties. The actual mapping boundary reflects the U.S. Forest Service fire management plan
area and is thus an effort by the NPS-USGS mapping program to encompass not only lands
within the NPS but also those that are in proximity and that have some type of ecological or
management cohesiveness.
The final map product was produced in two parts. The USFWS Baca National Wildlife Refuge
was produced by USFWS personnel and the remaining portion by NatureServe, Colorado
Natural Heritage Program, USGS, Bureau of Reclamation, and National Park Service staff.
Constant communication between these parallel efforts allowed for consistency in both accuracy
and classification.  Both FWS and NPS information is presented in this ServCat Record.

Tags: general-biology-communities-and-ecosystems-shrubland, general-biology-communities-and-ecosystems-wetland, general-biology-species-plants, great-sand-dunes-national-park, national-vegetation-classification-system, vegetation
Organization: Department of the Interior
Ridgefield NWR: Invasive Plant Inventory and Early Detection Prioritization Tool (IPIEDT) - Area, Species, Area-Species Link Tables, 2017

The IPIEDT is an Access Database file. The user responds to questions in a “yes/no/unknown” format or chooses from a list of states or conditions that best describe the situation. Each descriptive response corresponds to a numerical value which is then used to calculate species and area scores and generate ranked lists. A higher species or area score correlates to a higher priority for inventory.

The workshop's resulting data tables are archived so that the results of the workshop are preserved if the master database receives changes based on new threats or areas. Each Invasive Plant Species and Area Prioritization Workshop will have an IPIEDT Access database and 2-3 stand-alone CSV outputs. Each table is offered as an open source CSV and the Access Database tool zipped and is also available for download.

Tags: biota, database, general-biology-invasive-species-invasive-exotic-plants, habitat-management, invasive-species, ipiedpt, ipiedt, ipip, nonindigenous-species, planning, prioritization, weeds, workshop
Organization: Department of the Interior
Pilot Project to Develop a Long-term Aquatic Monitoring Program at National Wildlife Refuges in Region 1 for Climate Change: Tabular and Relational Datasets 2015-2017 (Archive Copies)

This dataset represents preliminary outputs from the pilot project to develop long term aquatic health and climate change monitoring program at Refuges that was implemented in 2014. These are archive copies of the data from the pilot project. See the IR9: Aquatic Health and Climate Change: Long-term Monitoring Project (ServCat reference ID:132454) for data from ongoing long-term monitoring starting in 2022. The long-term dataset incorporated all continuous measures from the pilot project. The long-term dataset has data from 2014-last compilation (2018).

Tags: climate-change, general-air-and-climate-weather-and-climate-climate-change, general-biology-species-fishes, general-management-inventory, general-management-monitoring, general-water-hydrology-surface-water, long-term-aquatic-monitoring, pilot-project, region-1, sentinel-sites
Organization: Department of the Interior
West Indian Mantee (Trichechus manatus) proposed critical habitat

These data identify, in general, the areas of the proposed critical habitat for West Indian Manatee(Trichechus manatus). Specifically for the proposed-revised CH for the FL manatee subspecies and the newly proposed CH for the Antillean manatee subspecies for the Puerto Rico population

Tags: antillean-manatee, antillean-manateetrichechus-manatus-manatus, caribbean-manatee, florida-manatee, florida-manateetrichechus-manatus-latirostris, general-biology-at-risk-biota-te-species, general-biology-species-mammals, manatee, proposed-critical-habitat, puerto-rico, trichechus-manatus, trichechus-manatus-latirostris, trichechus-manatus-manatus, west-indian-manatee, west-indian-manatee-trichechus-manatus
Organization: Department of the Interior
Invasive Plant Inventory at San Diego National Wildlife Refuge- Data Documentation

In 2012, an invasive plant inventory of priority invasive plant species in priority areas was conducted at San Diego National Wildlife Refuge. Results from this effort will inform the development of invasive plant management objectives, strategies, and serves as a baseline for assessing change in the status of invasive plant distribution or abundance over time.

Tags: alien, early-detection, general-biology-invasive-species-invasive-exotic-plants, general-management-inventory, invasive, inventory, ipiedpt, non-native, plants, priorities, prioritization, weeds
Organization: Department of the Interior
Updated (2015) geospatial (GoogleEarth) data associated with this report: Seney National Wildlife Refuge Fire History GIS Location Project (2013)

This project (funded by the Joint Fire Science Program through the Seney Natural History Association) contains prescribed and wildfire point and polygon data covering 1944-2012 that occurred within the boundaries of the Seney National Wildlife Refuge (SNWR) and point data from the dendrochronological work of Drobyshev et al. (2008, Canadian J. Forest Research). The intention of the project was to create a data set to provide a single source for users of GIS to access point and area fire information. Prior to this project a separate polygon data set created by the refuge covering fires from 2003-2009 was available as was the Drobyshev et al. (2008) data in a separate file. All other records of fire events on the refuge were in various forms ranging from table sets in the Fire Management Information System (FMIS) to references in refuge annual narratives. There was a clear need to establish a system showing basic location and historical information in one format. GIS using ESRI shapefiles was chosen since it shows the most promise and flexibility in future planning and modeling use. This data format should allow for less duplication of future efforts and increase the usability of fire data to not only to refuge staff but also partner agencies and researchers.

Tags: general-fire-fire-ecology-fire-history, general-fire-fire-management-prescribed-burning, general-fire-wildfire-wildland-fire, geographic-information-system
Organization: Department of the Interior
Izembek NWR ATV Tracks October 2004

GIS analyst Kathryn Brautigam (kathryn.brautigam@fws.gov) manually digitized ATV tracks in the layer ATV_tracks_2004_IZM using aerial imagery collected in October 2004 by R. Michael Anthony. Image resolution was predicted to be approximately 12.5 centimeters per pixel. Any remaining distortions or geospatial inaccuracies of the 2004 aerial images were dealt with individually and locations, sizes, and directions of land features were confirmed using the 2022 aerial imagery and satellite imagery so that digitized ATV tracks were drawn in the correct locations.

Tags: alaskan-peninsula, atv-tracks, general-human-dimensions-visitation-visitor-use, general-human-use-visitor-use-and-recreation, general-management-inventory, general-management-monitoring, general-management-visitor-use-management-recreation-aesthetics, general-management-visitor-use-management-visitor-impacts, general-wilderness-character-untrammeled, im, izembek, izembek-national-wildlife-refuge, october-2004, southern-alaska-peninsula
Organization: Department of the Interior
Chena River habitat mapping substrate types

Collection of shapefiles containing results from side-scan sonar riverine habitat mapping in the Chena River conducted in 2022. Each shapefile includes polygons denoting the presence of a given substrate type. Polygons refer to the Chena River bank; coarse gravel and rocky substrate; fines, silt, and mud substrate; sandy substrate; vegetation; unknown; or no data.

Tags: chinook-salmon, general-management-habitat-management-habitat-models, habitat-mapping, king-salmon, oncorhynchus-tshawytscha, side-scan-sonar
Organization: Department of the Interior
Raw side-scan sonar data relating to Chena River habitat mapping in 2022

Raw data files downloaded from from a side-scan sonar unit (Humminbird Helix 15) generated while conducting transects throughout the lower Chena River to create a substrate map in 2021 and 2022. Files with .SON extension contain 8-bit sonar data. Files with .IDX extension contain indices of successive pings in the Humminbird SONAR file. Files with .DAT extension contain information about the sonar, time, position, and sonar settings. 

Each download from the side-scan sonar unit was labeled with a R000## schema and is associated with a single day of scanning. All .SON files have an accompanying .IDX, .DAT, and .DAT.Options files for a given download.

Tags: chinook-salmon, general-management-habitat-management-habitat-models, habitat-mapping, king-salmon, oncorhynchus-tshawytscha, side-scan-sonar
Organization: Department of the Interior
Nestucca Bay NWR and Siletz Bay NWR: Invasive Plant Inventory and Early Detection Prioritization Tool (IPIEDT) - Area, Species, Area-Species Link Tables, 2019

The IPIEDT is an Access Database file. The user responds to questions in a “yes/no/unknown” format or chooses from a list of states or conditions that best describe the situation. Each descriptive response corresponds to a numerical value which is then used to calculate species and area scores and generate ranked lists. A higher species or area score correlates to a higher priority for inventory.

The workshop's resulting data tables are archived so that the results of the workshop are preserved if the master database receives changes based on new threats or areas. Each Invasive Plant Species and Area Prioritization Workshop will have an IPIEDT Access database and 2-3 stand-alone CSV outputs. Each table is offered as an open source CSV and the Access Database tool zipped and is also available for download.

Tags: biota, database, general-biology-invasive-species-invasive-exotic-plants, habitat-management, invasive-species, ipiedpt, ipiedt, ipip, nonindigenous-species, planning, prioritization, weeds, workshop
Organization: Department of the Interior
Minidoka NWR: Invasive Plant Inventory and Early Detection Prioritization Tool (IPIEDT) - Area, Species, Area-Species Link Tables, 2019

The IPIEDT is an Access Database file. The user responds to questions in a “yes/no/unknown” format or chooses from a list of states or conditions that best describe the situation. Each descriptive response corresponds to a numerical value which is then used to calculate species and area scores and generate ranked lists. A higher species or area score correlates to a higher priority for inventory.

The workshop's resulting data tables are archived so that the results of the workshop are preserved if the master database receives changes based on new threats or areas. Each Invasive Plant Species and Area Prioritization Workshop will have an IPIEDT Access database and 2-3 stand-alone CSV outputs. Each table is offered as an open source CSV and the Access Database tool zipped and is also available for download.

Tags: biota, database, general-biology-invasive-species-invasive-exotic-plants, habitat-management, invasive-species, ipiedpt, ipiedt, ipip, nonindigenous-species, planning, prioritization, weeds, workshop
Organization: Department of the Interior
Seed Head Data for Wetland Habitat Assessment Protocol Framework

Focal species measurement data used to estimate seed head mass for the focal species (ex. swamp timothy) in a refuge. Data follow the Biotic Observation Minimum Specification (see ServCat 153885). The .zip file contains complete tidy data set and corresponding metadata.

Tags: barnyard-grass, barnyardgrass, cockspur, cockspur-grass, crypsis, crypsis-alopecuroides, crypsis-schoenoides, data, echinochloa, echinochloa-crus-galli, foxtail-pricklegrass, foxtail-timothy, japanese-millet, large-barnyard-grass, persicaria, persicaria-maculosa, prickle-grass, pricklegrass, r_, seed-head, seed-head-model, smartweed, spotted-ladysthumb, swamp-prickle-grass, swamp-pricklegrass, swamp-timothy, watergrass, whap
Organization: Department of the Interior
Capture Effort and Encounters of Keys Mole Skink (Plestiodon egregius egregius) 2014 - 2017

Data consists of surveys, targeted collection for genetic sampling, pedestrian searches of small, isolated islands, and a year-long cover board survey that, among other specific project components, monitored 57 different sites within the Florida Keys.

Tags: at-risk, cover-board, florida-keys-mole-skink, general-biology-at-risk-biota-te-species, general-biology-species-amphibians-and-reptiles, general-management-inventory, pedestrian-search, plestiodon-egregius-egregius
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mounded Vernal Pool Habitat in the Rogue River Valley of Southwest Oregon

Vector data that includes polygons of mounded landform habitat with attributes for characteristics and condition, modeled surface hydrology of potential vernal pool basins and ephemeral surface flows.

Tags: agate-winlo, branchinecta-lynchi, endangered-species, fairy-shrimp, general-biology-at-risk-biota-te-species, general-biology-communities-and-ecosystems-wetland, general-water-hydrology-surface-water, lidar, mounded-landform, ofwo, oregon-fish-and-wildlife-office, recovery, region-1, rogue-river-valley, rogue-valley, vernal-pool-fairy-shrimp, vernal-pools
Organization: Department of the Interior
2022 Forest Inventory Phase II data for the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge-Winona District

Forest Inventory Phase II GIS data for the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge-Winona District. Data is based off U.S. Army of Corps Engineers' MVP-ES Forest Inventory Phase II Protocol. Data covers 2022 field season. All data have been further cleaned and edited. This is the most up-to-date version. See attached protocol for data field definitions.

Tags: arcgis, army-corps-engineers, collector, forest-inventory, general-biology-communities-and-ecosystems-forest, general-biology-communities-and-ecosystems-woodland, general-biology-infestations-and-disease-insect-pests, general-biology-infestations-and-disease-plant-diseases, general-biology-species-plants, general-management-natural-resources-management-forest-management, general-management-natural-resources-management-wildlife-management, tracheophyta, tracheophytes, vascular-plants
Organization: Department of the Interior
Chena River habitat mapping raw track lines 2022

KML file containing tracks run throughout the lower Chena River while mapping substrate with a side-scan sonar unit (Humminbird Helix 15). Tracks were generated on the side-scan sonar in 2021 and 2022 and used in conjunction with side-scan imagery to develop a habitat map using the SonarTRX software.

Tags: chinook-salmon, general-management-habitat-management-habitat-models, habitat-mapping, king-salmon, oncorhynchus-tshawytscha, side-scan-sonar
Organization: Department of the Interior