AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Vegetation Monitoring at Channel Islands National Park (CHIS) by the Mediterranean Coast Network (MEDN): 1984-2025 — Data Package

Channel Islands National Park, and later in collaboration with the Mediterranean Coast Network (MEDN) have been monitoring vegetation at Channel Islands National Park (CHIS) as a “vital sign” of ecosystem health since 1984. The goal of the program is to provide timely information on the status and trends in key communities and taxa for resource managers at National Park units. The CHIS Vegetation Monitoring data package comprises 8 CSV files that contain information on: (1) the location and characteristics of transects surveyed as part of the monitoring program, (2) taxa encountered during survey efforts, and (3) results of surveys documenting vegetation height, soil cover, tree density, shrub density, and species richness along 263 transects. Most transects are 30 meters in length; some are shorter or longer. Thus, the data package contains files and EML metadata that provide comprehensive information on the terrestrial vegetation at CHIS from 1984-2025. This publicly available information is crucial for tracking changes in plant communities and informing management decisions in a highly biodiverse ecoregion.

Tags: biomass, chis, disturbances, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-shrubland-communities, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-vegetation-complex, ecology, fires, medn, plant-cover, plant-ecology, shrubs, terrestrial-ecosystems, transects, trees, vascular-plants, vegetation-dynamics
Organization: Department of the Interior
2019 Estuarine Nutrient Enrichment Water Quality Monitoring Data for George Washington Birthplace National Monument (Certified)

As part of the Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network's Estuarine Nutrient Enrichment Monitoring program, Network staff continued to estuarine water quality at several park units. This file contains spatial (i.e., not continuous) water quality data collected during  the 2019 field season at George Washington Birthplace National Monument.

Tags: ecological-framework-water-water-quality-nutrient-dynamics, ecological-framework-water-water-quality-water-chemistry, environment, estuary, fiis, george-washington-birthplace-national-monument, inland-waters, monitoring, national-park-service, ncbn, northeast-coastal-and-barrier-network, northeast-region, nutrient-enrichment, resource-management, virginia, vital-signs, water, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Kaloko Fishpond Water Quality Sampling September 2011

Following the completion of the Kaloko Fishpond Kuapa (seawall) in September of 2011, hydrographic water quality measurements (YSI multiprobe) were taken at seven locations within the pond. The targeted sites were previously monitored for water quality from 2004 to 2007 for a nutrient flux study (Bienfang 2007).

Tags: ecological-framework-water-water-quality-water-chemistry, kaloko-fishpond, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Everglades National Park Florida Bay water quality monitoring (2017-2024) dataset

Florida Bay has been exposed to a series of events in the past that has led to major ecological changes. Beginning with the seagrass die-off of 2015, water quality began to deteriorate, and a subsequent phytoplankton bloom began in the late wet season of 2016. Since then, Hurricane Irma along with other wind and rain events appear to have contributed to the persistence and intensification of these blooms.

During the last decade, Everglades National Park (EVER) has conducted extensive monitoring and research of the Florida Bay ecosystem to document long term trends in water quality and to gain insights into the dynamics of these phytoplankton blooms. Monitoring typically occurs every other month beginning in January over the course of 5 days.

Tags: algae-bloom, chlorophyll-a, ecology, estuaries, flourometry, phytoplankton
Organization: Department of the Interior
Southeast Coast Network Assessment of Estuarine Water Quality at Cumberland Island National Seashore, 2007-2022

The Southeast Coast Network assessed water-quality at Cumberland Island National Seashore as part of the National Park Service Vital Signs Monitoring Program. Monitoring was conducted following methods developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of the National Coastal Assessment Program. Laboratory analysis measured chlorophyll a and total and dissolved concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorous. Field measurements included water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, and salinity. Water clarity, which requires a Secchi depth measurement, was calculated when possible. All measured parameters were rated as good, fair, or poor based on thresholds set by the EPA’s National Coastal Assessment Program. The Southeast Coast Network's monitoring approach is extensively documented in the Protocol for Monitoring Estuarine Water and Sediment Quality in Selected Southeast Coast Network Parks: Protocol Narrative version 2.0 (Starkey et al. 2023) and associated Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Version 1.0 of the protocol (Gregory et al. 2013) was implemented between 2007 and 2018. Version 2.0 of the protocol was implemented 2019 to present and was updated to be aligned with new technology and techniques documented in revised Standard Operating Procedures. Monitoring objectives remain consistent across both versions of the protocol. The monitoring objective associated with this dataset is: Determine status and spatial variability of water and nutrient conditions in estuarine waters every five years near SECN parks.

Tags: chlorophyll, coastal-assessment, condition, estuary, field-operations, nutrients, parkwide-assessment, protocol, water-clarity, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
GLKN Bald Eagle Bioaccumulative Contaminants Monitoring: Certified Data

The files contains certified data extracted from the GLKN Bald Eagle Bioaccumulative Contaminants Monitoring database, which includes data for bald eagle morphology and a variety of contaminants from 2006-2015. This data is for the three main study areas which are around three parks (APIS, MISS, and SACN), as well as two study areas that are adjacent (MISS Pools 3+4 and WI Lake Superior Shoreline). 

The primary focus of the program was on bald eagle nestlings, but some data does exist for sub-adults and adults.

The GLKN Bald Eagle Bioaccumulative Contaminants Monitoring Database is designed to hold field and lab data and to disseminate certified data in a variety of ways.

Tags: bald-eagle, bioaccumulatives, certified-data, contaminants, ddd, dde, ddt, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-birds, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-freshwater-communities, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-riparian-communities, ecological-framework-human-use-cultural-landscapes-cultural-landscapes, ecological-framework-human-use-non-point-source-human-effects-non-point-source-human-effects, emerging-contaminants, environment, haliaeetus-leucocephalus, health, lead, legacy-contaminants, mercury, minnesota, monitoring, morphology, natural-resource-management, pbde, pcb, perfluorinated-compounds, pesticides, pfc, polybrominated-diphenyl-ethers, polychlorinated-biphenyls, toxicology, wildlife, wisconsin
Organization: Department of the Interior
Cape Cod National Seashore Long-Term Hydrologic Monitoring Data from CACOHYDRO Project from 1999-2023 as of 2024-08-12

This data package was created 2024-10-18 17:22:23 by NPSTORET and includes selected project, location, and result data.

Data contained in the Cape Cod National Seashore NPSTORET back-end file (CACO_HYDR_NPSTORET_BE_20240812.ACCDB) were filtered to include:
Project:
- CACOHYDRO: Cape Cod National Seashore Long-Term Hydrologic Monitoring
Station:
- Include All Station Visit Results
Value Status:
- Accepted or Certified (exported as Final) or Final

The data package is organized into five data tables:
- Projects.csv - describes the purpose and background of the monitoring efforts
- Locations.csv - documents the attributes of the monitoring locations/stations
- Results.csv - contains the field measurements, observations, and/or lab analyses for each sample/event/data grouping
- HUC.csv - enumerates the domain of allowed values for 8-digit and 12-digit hydrologic unit codes utilized by the Locations datatable
- Characteristics.csv - enumerates the domain of characteristics available in NPSTORET to identify what was sampled, measured or observed in Results

Period of record for filtered data is 1999-03-23 to 2023-12-26.  This data package is a snapshot in time of one National Park Service project. The most current data for this project, which may be more or less extensive than that in this data package, can be found on the Water Quality Portal at:
https://www.waterqualitydata.us/data/Result/search?project=CACOHYDRO

Tags: depth, npstoret, water-level, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Fish Inventory at Moores Creek National Battlefield in 2004 – Raw Data

The current dataset provides the raw data results of fish inventory surveys conducted in Moores Creek National Battlefield from 2004. Various trapping/survey methods were performed to gather this data.

Tags: ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-fishes, fish, inventory, mocr, moores-creek, secn
Organization: Department of the Interior
Craters of the Moon National Monument Mule Deer Data Summaries 1989-1991

Mule deer survey data. From 1989-1991. Prior to 1992 (when mule deer survey annual reports began) efforts made to estimate the mule deer population at Craters of the Moon National Monument (CRMO).

Tags: hunter-kills, hunting, illegal-kills, mule-deer, odocoileus-hemionus, population-estimates, roadkill, survey, vehicle-kills
Organization: Department of the Interior
Evaluation of Surface Water Quality - Effects of Existing and Proposed Development, 1978-1979

This data package was created 2024-10-22 05:58:41 by NPSTORET and includes selected project, location, and result data.

Data contained in YOSE0003_NPSTORET_BE_20240524.ACCDB (NPSTORET back-end file) were filtered to include:
Organization:
- YOSE: Yosemite National Park
Station:
- Include Trip QC And All Station Visit Results
Value Status:
- Accepted or Certified (exported as Final) or Final

The data package is organized into five data tables:
- Projects.csv - describes the purpose and background of the monitoring efforts
- Locations.csv - documents the attributes of the monitoring locations/stations
- Results.csv - contains the field measurements, observations, and/or lab analyses for each sample/event/data grouping
- HUC.csv - enumerates the domain of allowed values for 8-digit and 12-digit hydrologic unit codes utilized by the Locations datatable
- Characteristics.csv - enumerates the domain of characteristics available in NPSTORET to identify what was sampled, measured or observed in Results

Period of record for filtered data is 1978-09-19 to 1979-07-17.  This data package is a snapshot in time of one National Park Service project. The most current data for this project, which may be more or less extensive than that in this data package, can be found on the Water Quality Portal at:
https://www.waterqualitydata.us/data/Result/search?project=YOSE0003

Tags: bacteria, chemical-properties, nitrogen, npstoret, ph, phosphorus, streamflow, suspended-solids, turbidity, water-quality, water-temperature
Organization: Department of the Interior
Heartland Network 2005-2023 Water Quality Data from the HTLN_WQ Project as of 2023-12-07

This data package was created 2024-10-22 06:42:52 by NPSTORET and includes selected project, location, and result data.

Data contained in the Heartland Network NPSTORET back-end file (HTLN_NPSTORET_BE_20231206_1438_20231207_1143.ACCDB) were filtered to include:
Organization:
- HTLN: Heartland I&M Network and Prairie Cluster Prototype
Station:
- Include Trip QC And All Station Visit Results
Value Status:
- Accepted or Certified (exported as Final) or Final

The data package is organized into five data tables:
- Projects.csv - describes the purpose and background of the monitoring efforts
- Locations.csv - documents the attributes of the monitoring locations/stations
- Results.csv - contains the field measurements, observations, and/or lab analyses for each sample/event/data grouping
- HUC.csv - enumerates the domain of allowed values for 8-digit and 12-digit hydrologic unit codes utilized by the Locations datatable
- Characteristics.csv - enumerates the domain of characteristics available in NPSTORET to identify what was sampled, measured or observed in Results

Period of record for filtered data is 2005-10-27 to 2023-11-03.  This data package is a snapshot in time of one National Park Service project. The most current data for this project, which may be more or less extensive than that in this data package, can be found on the Water Quality Portal at:
https://www.waterqualitydata.us/data/Result/search?project=HTLN_WQ

Tags: dissolved-oxygen, npstoret, ph, specific-conductivity, turbidity, water-quality, water-temperature
Organization: Department of the Interior
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument Acoustic Monitoring Report: Off-site Listening Results

This dataset presents summarized results of acoustical data gathered by the Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division (NSNSD) at three sites in Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument from February-March 2022. (Data collection failed at a fourth intended site, KAWW003, hence the gap in site numbers). Specifically, these summaries represent the off-site listening analysis conducted by the Listening Lab at Colorado State University. The data summaries include hourly audibility (% time audible) results of each natural and non-natural sound source in a subset of the acoustical dataset. The data herein are described in further detail in a corresponding acoustic monitoring report.

Tags: acoustic-monitoring, acoustical-monitoring, natural-sound, noise, sound-source, soundscape
Organization: Department of the Interior
Southern Plains Network - Streams Protocol Water Quality Monitoring Data from 2010-2022 for SOPN_WQ Project as of 2024-10-23

This data package was created 2024-10-23 15:42:39 by NPSTORET and includes selected project, location, and result data.

Data contained in Southern Plains Network's NPSTORET back-end file (SOPN_NPSTORET_BE_20241023.ACCDB) were filtered to include:
Station:
- Include Trip QC And All Station Visit Results
Value Status:
- Accepted or Certified (exported as Final) or Final

The data package is organized into five data tables:
- Projects.csv - describes the purpose and background of the monitoring efforts
- Locations.csv - documents the attributes of the monitoring locations/stations
- Results.csv - contains the field measurements, observations, and/or lab analyses for each sample/event/data grouping
- HUC.csv - enumerates the domain of allowed values for 8-digit and 12-digit hydrologic unit codes utilized by the Locations datatable
- Characteristics.csv - enumerates the domain of characteristics available in NPSTORET to identify what was sampled, measured or observed in Results

Period of record for filtered data is 2010-10-27 to 2022-11-01.  This data package is a snapshot in time of one National Park Service project. The most current data for this project, which may be more or less extensive than that in this data package, can be found on the Water Quality Portal at:
https://www.waterqualitydata.us/data/Result/search?project=SOPN_WQ

Tags: acidic, alkalinity, aluminum, ammonia, anions, antimony, atmospheric-pressure, bacteria, boron, cadmium, calcium, carbon, cations, chemical-properties, chloride, chromium, copper, dissolved-oxygen, elements-and-compounds, fluoride, ions, iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, nickel, nitrate, nitrite, nitrogen, nitrogen-compounds, npstoret, pesticide-and-herbicide-contamination, ph, phosphate, phosphorus, physical-properties, potassium, silica, sodium, specific-conductivity, streamflow, sulfate, suspended-solids, turbidity, water-properties, water-quality, water-temperature, zinc
Organization: Department of the Interior
Nilgai Inventory at Palo Alto National Historical Park - Dataset As Delivered

Inventory project as-delivered dataset

Tags: ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-mammals, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-invasive-species-invasive-exotic-animals, imd, national-park-service, nps, nps-inventory-and-monitoring-division, nps-species-inventory-program
Organization: Department of the Interior
Vicksburg National Military Park Herpetological Inventory 2001-2002 - Data Package

Vicksburg National Military Park (VICK) was established in 1899 to commemorate the siege of Vicksburg in 1863. Most of the park lies within the northeastern section of Vicksburg, Mississippi. There are several small satellite sections of the park found in Vicksburg as well. This inventory of the amphibians and reptiles of VICK was mostly conducted in the main park, with a few visits made to satellite sites. The field studies were periodic, beginning on March 1, 2001 and ending on May 10, 2002. The survey found six salamander, 12 frog and toad, nine turtle, four lizard, and 14 snake species within the park boundaries. No federal or state threatened or endangered species were found within the park. Voucher specimens were collected and were sent to the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science in Jackson, Mississippi.

Tags: amphibian, frog, herpetology, inventory, lizard, military, mississippi, reptile, salamander, snake, toad, turtle, vick, vicksburg
Organization: Department of the Interior
Black Rail Inventory at Cape Lookout and Cape Hatteras National Seashores 2022-2023 - Open Format Dataset

Eastern black rail populations have experienced declines marked by reductions in occupied sites and decline in numbers within historic strongholds. Evidenced by increasing confinement to the highest portions of the high marsh in recent years, sea-level rise and increased rates of high marsh inundation are likely a major contributing factor to declines. With the population of eastern black rails declining over 75% in the last 10-20 years, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service formally listed the eastern black rail as threatened under the endangered species act on 9 November 2020. To fulfill the need for information to guide management decisions at Cape Lookout and Cape Hatteras National Seashores and to aide in future designations of critical habitat, we conducted widespread, systematic surveys for black rails and other secretive marsh birds within the parks during the breeding seasons of 2022 and 2023. A total of 1,222 surveys were conducted at 431 points over the course of 2 years. In addition to recording detections of all focal species, we recorded detections of 6 eastern black rails on North Core Banks where they were not previously known to occur. The population of black rails occupying the high marsh habitat on North Core Banks could account for 5-10% of the North Carolina black rail population and increase the known sites occupied within the state.

Tags: bird, black-rail, breeding, caha, calo, cape-hatteras-national-seashore, cape-lookout-national-seashore, darwin-core-archive-dwc-a, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-birds, high-marsh, imd, inventory, national-park-service, nps, nps-inventory-and-monitoring-division, nps-species-inventory-program
Organization: Department of the Interior
Great Smoky Mountains National Park 1991-2024 Noland Divide Water Quality Monitoring Data from the GRSM_ND Project as of 2025-04-24

This data package was created 2025-04-24 10:42:52 by NPSTORET and includes selected project, location, and result data.

Data contained in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park NPSTORET back-end file (GRSM_NPSTORET_BE_20250409.ACCDB) were filtered to include:

Organization:
- GRSM: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Project:
- GRSM_ND: GRSM Noland Divide Water Quality Monitoring
Station:
- Include Trip QC And All Station Visit Results
Value Status:
- Accepted or Certified (exported as Final) or Final

The data package is organized into five data tables:
- Projects.csv - describes the purpose and background of the monitoring efforts
- Locations.csv - documents the attributes of the monitoring locations/stations
- Results.csv - contains the field measurements, observations, and/or lab analyses for each sample/event/data grouping
- HUC.csv - enumerates the domain of allowed values for 8-digit and 12-digit hydrologic unit codes utilized by the Locations data table
- Characteristics.csv - enumerates the domain of characteristics available in NPSTORET to identify what was sampled, measured or observed in Results

Period of record for filtered data is 1991-07-05 to 2024-12-19.  This data package is a snapshot in time of one National Park Service project. The most current data for this project, which may be more or less extensive than that in this data package, can be found on the Water Quality Portal at:

https://www.waterqualitydata.us/data/Result/search?project=GRSM_ND&mimeType=csv&zip=yes&dataProfile=biological&providers=STORET

Tags: acid-neutralizing-capacity, aluminum, ammonium, anions, calcium, cations, chloride, copper, ecosystem-properties, hydrogen-ions, hydrological-properties, iron, magnesium, manganese, nitrate, npstoret, ph, potassium, precipitation, silicon, sodium, soil-properties, specific-conductivity, streamflow, sulfate, water-properties, water-quality, water-temperature, zinc
Organization: Department of the Interior
Detector Dog Herpetofauna Inventory at Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve 2023 - Open Format Dataset

St. Croix is home to a variety of threatened and endangered (T&E) species that are at risk for predation by the invasive red-tailed boa (Boa constrictor). Genetic analysis determined the original red-tailed boa population on St. Croix sourced from a single female released by a pet owner and its range expands every year. This inventory aims to search for red-tailed boas in two focal areas that park staff are actively restoring. The park will use information from this inventory to develop a boa removal program and protect sensitive native species. 

Snakes are cryptic species, often occurring in low density, and utilize complex habitat patterns. To increase the likelihood of detecting red-tailed boa, the Maryland/Delaware/D.C. Wildlife Services detector dog handling team partnered with the USDA-APHIS National Detector Dog Training Center to train and develop detector dogs to assist in determining the presence/absence of red-tailed boa for this project. 

Two dog detector teams traveled to Salt River Bay National Park (SARI) in St. Croix to conduct surveys for red-tailed boa in habitats likely to contain red-tailed boa in June 2023. Each transect was surveyed by one dog team. The canine teams had no red-tailed boa detections within SARI. Given the proximity of confirmed detections to SARI, it is likely red-tailed boa will be in the park in the future, if they are not already. Additional surveys, whether by humans, canines, or both, are recommended in areas of the park that have not been previously surveyed.

Tags: boa-constrictor, darwin-core-archive-dwc-a, detector-dog, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-amphibians-and-reptiles, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-invasive-species-invasive-exotic-animals, imd, inventory, national-park-service, nps, nps-species-inventory-program, red-tailed-boa, salt-river-bay-national-historical-park-and-ecological-preserve, sari, species-inventory, survey
Organization: Department of the Interior