AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Herpetological Inventory 2001-2002- Raw Data

Reptiles and amphibians serve as indicators of ecosystem health, but populations are declining in many natural areas. Frequent inventories of species are important for keeping track of population numbers and determining if intervention is needed. In the summers of 2001 and 2002 a reptile and amphibian inventory was conducted in the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (BICA). Prior to this study two herpetological inventories had been conducted in BICA and provided baselines for this study to be compared against. There were three goals of the 2001-2002 study. First, inventory at least 90% of the amphibian and reptile species in BICA. Second, implement random sampling surveys to assess occurrence, distribution, relative abundance, and species-habitat associations. Third, compare survey results with the previous inventory work. From this inventory there were 364 observations of reptiles and amphibians with 15 species then considered to be present in BICA.

Tags: amphibian, bighorn-canyon, habitat-relationships, herpetology, occurrence, relative-abundance, reptile, trapping, visual-encounter-survey
Organization: Department of the Interior
2018 Ozone Standard Exceedances in National Parks

Ozone exceedance data for national parks with on-site monitoring. This data set documents the number of days when the ozone standard was exceeded from April to October, 2018. The National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone in 2018 is 70 parts per billion (ppb), daily maximum 8-hour average ozone concentration. An exceedance day occurs on each calendar day when the daily maximum 8-hour average is greater than or equal to 71 ppb. Tabular data are available in an Excel document format.

Tags: air-pollution, air-quality, ground-level-ozone, monitoring, national-parks, nps, ozone, ozone-exceedance, ozone-standards
Organization: Department of the Interior
GSB Nekton Data

Tabular data on nekton captured in Great South Bay (GSB), NY by throw traps and trawling. Captured organisms from both sampling strategies were separated by species and identified to the lowest practical taxa and enumerated.

Tags: breach, great-south-bay, hurricane-sandy, hxsandy, ncbn, nekton, northeast-coastal-and-barrier-network, seagrass, throw-trap, trawl
Organization: Department of the Interior
SFCN Queen Conch Data Package (2021 - 2024) Version 1

The queen conch (Aliger gigas) is a large marine gastropod that supports an economically and culturally important fishery in the Caribbean. Widespread population declines driven largely by overharvesting have led to the implementation of management measures across much of the species’ range. Because successful reproduction in A. gigas is density dependent, accurate information on distribution and abundance is critical for effective management, sustainability, and restoration planning. The South Florida/Caribbean Network does not currently have a dedicated queen conch monitoring protocol. However, conch observations were collected opportunistically as part of lobster and seagrass monitoring efforts conducted in network parks between 2021 and 2024. The lobster survey sample frame focuses on hardbottom habitats, whereas the seagrass survey sample frame focuses on soft bottom habitats. This data release compiles those observations, providing information on adult and juvenile conch occurrence and density across multiple park units. These data provide an important baseline for assessing current population conditions and identifying potential areas of concern or interest. The dataset may support future research, inform management decisions, and help guide the development of targeted, long-term monitoring programs for queen conch within the National Park System.

Tags: aliger-gigas, caribbean, conch, density, marine, national-parks, occurrence, queen-conch, south-florida, south-florida-caribbean-network, united-states-virgin-islands
Organization: Department of the Interior
Land Cover Summary Statistics Data Package for National Capital Region Park Units

This technical report documents the acquisition of source data, and calculation of land cover summary statistics datasets for ten National Park Service National Capital Region park units and three custom areas of analysis: Catoctin Mountain Park (CATO), Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park (CHOH), George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP), Harpers Ferry National Historical Park (HAFE), Manassas National Battlefield Park (MANA), Monocacy National Battlefield (MONO), National Capital Parks - East (NACE), Prince William Forest Park (PRWI), Rock Creek Park (ROCR), Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts (WOTR), and the three custom areas of analysis - National Capital Parks - East: Oxon Cove Park, Oxon Hill Farm, Piscataway Park (NCRN_NACE_OXHI_PISC), National Capital Parks - East: Greenbelt Park and Baltimore-Washington Parkway (NCRN_NACE_GREE_BAWA), and National Capital Parks - East: DC and Suitland Parkway (NCRN_NACE_DC_SUIT). The source data and land cover calculations are available for use within the National Park Service (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring Program. Land cover summary statistics datasets can be calculated for all geographic regions within the extent of the NPS; this report includes statistics calculated for the conterminous United States. The land cover summary statistics datasets are calculated from multiple sources, including Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium products in the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) and United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center products in the Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) raster dataset. These summary statistics calculate land cover at up to three classification scales: Level 1, modified Anderson Level 2, and Natural versus Converted land cover. The output land cover summary statistics datasets produced here for the ten National Capital Region park units and three custom areas of analysis utilize the most recent versions of the source datasets (NLCD and LCMAP). These land cover summary statistics datasets are used in the NPS Inventory and Monitoring Program, including the NPS Environmental Settings Monitoring Protocol and may be used by networks and parks for additional efforts.

Tags: land-cover, land-cover-change, land-use, landscape, landscape-change
Organization: Department of the Interior
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Herpetological Inventory 2001-2002- Data Package

Reptiles and amphibians serve as indicators of ecosystem health, but populations are declining in many natural areas. Frequent inventories of species are important for keeping track of population numbers and determining if intervention is needed. In the summers of 2001 and 2002 a reptile and amphibian inventory was conducted in the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (BICA). Prior to this study two herpetological inventories had been conducted in BICA and provided baselines for this study to be compared against. There were three goals of the 2001-2002 study. First, inventory at least 90% of the amphibian and reptile species in BICA. Second, implement random sampling surveys to assess occurrence, distribution, relative abundance, and species-habitat associations. Third, compare survey results with the previous inventory work. From this inventory there were 364 observations of reptiles and amphibians with 15 species then considered to be present in BICA.

Tags: amphibian, bighorn-canyon, habitat-relationships, herpetology, occurrence, relative-abundance, reptile, trapping, visual-encounter-survey
Organization: Department of the Interior
Alien Plant Threat Assessment

Data on alien (non-native) plant species surveys within the boundaries of disturbed sites within Yosemite National Park. Surveys were supplemented by quadrat-based subsampling of some campgrounds, camps, developments and corrals to obtain native/non-native species ratios. Surveys primarily targeted areas of human disturbance, such as campgrounds, corrals, developments, roads, trails and pastures, where alien plant species were most likely to be introduced and dispersed.

Tags: alien-plants, disturbance, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-invasive-species-invasive-exotic-plants, exotic-species, non-native-invasive-species, plant-surveys
Organization: Department of the Interior
Visitor Center Bird Monitoring 2020

Between March 13th and May 29th, twenty-four bird surveys were conducted to observe the approximate times of migration and breeding for bird species present around the primary buildings of Saguaro National Park East.

Tags: accipiter-cooperii, aimophila-carpalis, amphispiza-bilineata, annas-hummingbird, archilochus-alexandri, ash-throated-flycatcher, auriparus-flaviceps, birds, black-chinned-hummingbird, black-tailed-gnatcatcher, black-throated-sparrow, blue-gray-gnatcatcher, breeding, brown-towhee, buteo-jamaicensis, buteo-jamicensis, cactus-wren, callipepla-gambelii, calypte-anna, calypte-costae, campylorhynchus-brunneicapillus, canyon-towhee, cardinalis-cardinalis, cardinalis-sinuatus, carduelis-psaltria, carpodacus-mexicanus, cathartes-aura, cathartes-aura-meridionalis, cathartes-aura-teter, catharus-aura, colaptes-chrysoides, common-raven, coopers-hawk, corvus-corax, costas-hummingbird, coues-cactus-wren, curve-billed-thrasher, gambels-quail, geococcyx-californicus, gila-woodpecker, gilded-flicker, greater-roadrunner, haemorhous-mexicanus, heleodytes-brunneicapillus-couesi, house-finch, kieneria-fusca, leiothlypis-celata, leiothlypis-luciae, lesser-goldfinch, lucys-warbler, melanerpes-uropygialis, melozone-fusca, migration, mourning-dove, myiarchus-cinerascens, northern-cardinal, northern-raven, orange-crowned-warbler, oreothlypis-celata, oreothlypis-luciae, peucaea-carpalis, phainopepla, phainopepla-nitens, pipilo-fuscus, polioptila-melanura, poliptila-caerulea, pyrrhuloxia, red-tailed-hawk, rufous-winged-sparrow, saguaro-national-park-buildings, spinus-psaltria, toxostoma-curvirostre, turkey-vulture, verdin, vermivora-celata, vermivora-luciae, western-turkey-vulture, white-crowned-sparrow, zenaida-macroura, zonotrichia-leucophrys
Organization: Department of the Interior
Alien Plant Survey Protocol Design

Following a survey effort to describe alien plant invasion of anthropogenically disturbed areas, this project set the stage for inventorying areas of natural disturbance in Yosemite National Park. Sampling protocols were designed to maximize the number of species likely to be found in an inventory of alien plants in burned and riparian areas. Contractors used existing plot data to identify environmental factors that were correlated with the percent cover of non-native
species and then developed a predictive model using the Genetic Algorithm for Rule-set Production (GARP) technique. They selected elevation, slope, and vegetation structure as inputs into the GARP model and calculated prediction accuracy as 76%. Distribution maps of predicted occurrence can be used by management to stratify monitoring of non-native species, to prioritize inventory and control efforts according to the likelihood of non-native occurrences, and to inform decisions relating to the management of non-native species in postfire environments. With the expected increase in the spread of non-native plants, this approach provides a tool for assisting decision makers in managing non-native species and can be adapted to target non-native species in other locations. The broader implication of this research is that similar predictive models can be developed for other national parks where suitable plot data exist to increase the efficiency and reduce the costs of field work.

Other products stemming from the project include data structures proposed for the collection of field survey data, predictive model coverages, references on alien plant species and disturbance, a final report, shape files obtained from the park or created as part of the project, and shape file metadata.

A publication stemming from the project is:
Underwood, E. C., R. Klinger and P. E. Moore. 2004. Predicting patterns of non-native plant invasions in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Diversity and Distributions 10:447–459. doi.org/10.1111/j.1366-9516.2004.00093.x

Tags: alien-plants, burned-areas, disturbance, exotic-species, non-native-invasive-species, plant-survey-methods, riparian-areas, species-distribution-modeling
Organization: Department of the Interior
PACN Weather Monitoring Dataset

In collaboration with the National Park Service (NPS) Pacific Island Network (PACN) Inventory and Monitoring Program (I&M), the Western Regional Climate Center (WRCC) installed a network of long-term weather/climate monitoring stations across the PACN I&M network. In addition to deployment of the monitoring network, the WRCC carried out the following in accordance with the task agreement: data telemetry and data management procedures; providing near real-time data access to the public via the Internet; training NPS staff on maintenance and operational procedures; field maintenance; technical consultations; and summarization of station data for annual reporting. The network will provide critical baseline weather and climate data to meet PACN monitoring objectives to characterize climatic change/variability and to better understand patterns associated with climatic extremes, such as, drought, extreme precipitation events, and tropical cyclone activity.

Tags: climate, climate-stations, ecological-framework-air-and-climate-weather-and-climate-weather-and-climate, raws, weather, weather-stations, wrcc
Organization: Department of the Interior
Razor clam density estimates 1998 and 2019 in Hallo Bay, Alaska

The data were collected to estimate Pacific razor clam density in the region of Hallo Bay, Alaska in Katmai National Park and Preserve. The region was originally sampled in the 1970's (Kaiser, R.J., Konigsberg, D., 1977. Razor clam (Siliqua patula Dixon) distribution and population assessment study. Alaska Department of Fish and Game. 78 pages). Tom Smith with USGS resampled Hallo Bay plots in 1998 and 1999 and the NPS, lead by Heather Coletti, revisited a subset of Smith's plots in 2019. Plots were sampled using the same methodology across all three time-periods and estimates were used to assess declines in densities over time.

Tags: alaska, hallo-bay, katmai-national-park-and-preserve, northern-razor, pacific-razor, pacific-razor-clam, siliqua-patula
Organization: Department of the Interior
NPS Visitor Use Statistics Data Package, 2024

The NPS Social Science Program is responsible for coordinating visitor use
statistics reporting for units administered by the NPS. ‘Visitor Use Statistics’
refers to a formal set of statistics collected by the National Park Service that
address how many people visit parks and how long they stay. Program staff work
with parks to develop appropriate data collection procedures and provide quality
control for visitor use data. Such coordination ensures that visitor use data
are consistent and reliable throughout all units of the National Park System.
This data package contains data collected from 1979-2024.

Detailed instructions for the units that collect data, monthly visitation
summaries, and reports displaying trends in park visitation are available on the
NPS Visitor Use Statistics website (https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/).

Tags: nps-gov-subject-site-social-science, public-use-statistics, statistics, visitation, visitation-statistics, visitor-use, visitor-use-statistics
Organization: Department of the Interior
Visitor Spending Effects Data Package, 2024

The National Park Service (NPS) manages the Nation’s most iconic destinations that attract millions of visitors from across the Nation and around the world. Trip-related spending by NPS visitors generates and supports economic activity within park gateway communities. This data package contains the visitor spending and trip characteristics data used in the 2024 annual economic contribution analysis that measures how NPS visitor spending cycles through local economies, generates business sales, and supports jobs and income.

Users can explore current year visitor spending, jobs, labor income, value added, and economic output effects by sector for national, state, and local economies. Spending Effects report series are also available online via an interactive tool.  The interactive tool is available at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/socialscience/vse.htm.

Tags: economic-impact, natural-resource-economics, nps-gov-subject-site-social-science, recreation, trip-characteristics, visitor-spending
Organization: Department of the Interior
Imagery data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Tuzigoot National Monument

This reference contains the imagery data used in the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Orthophotos, raw imagery, and scanned aerial photos are common files held here.

Project photography was color-infrared (CIR) stereo-paired diapositives, average scale 1:6,720, flown during September 1995. The project scale was established at 1:6720. The reason for this was the CIR imagery and the orthophotos were not concurrent with one another: the CIR imagery was taken in 1995; the orthophoto was created from imagery taken in 1992.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Imagery data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Mount Rushmore National Memorial

This reference contains the imagery data used in the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Orthophotos, raw imagery, and scanned aerial photos are common files held here.

All map classes were interpreted from existing 1:16,000 scale, color photography flown on August 28, 1993. The photographs were acquired from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). Photointerpretation used the standard identification features such as tone, texture, color, pattern, topographic position, and shadow. In addition, field sample locations and their vegetation descriptions aided in assigning map class to each polygon. All photographs were examined using a stereoscope. Digital elevation models (DEM’s) were processed and converted to slope and aspect coverages. These helped to provide additional perspectives of the landscape. Six photographs were interpreted for the entire mapping area.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Imagery data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Badlands National Park

This reference contains the imagery data used in the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Orthophotos, raw imagery, and scanned aerial photos are common files held here.

Horizons, Incorporated of Rapid City, South Dakota acquired the aerial photography for BADL. Forty-seven flight lines were used to cover the entire project area (Figure 8). Flight lines were flown and photographs taken on June 16, 18, and 26, 1997. A total of 2,461 color-infrared (CIR) photographs were taken at 1:12,000 (1"=1,000') scale and printed as 9"x9" contact glass positives. Overlap between photos is approximately 50-60% and sidelap between flight lines is approximately 20-30%.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Imagery data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Acadia National Park

This reference contains the imagery data used in the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Orthophotos, raw imagery, and scanned aerial photos are common files held here.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Imagery data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Scotts Bluff National Monument

This reference contains the imagery data used in the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Orthophotos, raw imagery, and scanned aerial photos are common files held here.

Two types of aerial photography were provided for the project. The photography received was natural color and color infrared (CIR), nominal scale of 1:12,000, dated July 1995. Each type consisted of prints and diapositives. Both sets of imagery were evaluated to determine which film type would be used as the primary source. Upon review it was determined to use the natural color photography as the primary source. The CIR photos were very bright and washed out at rock outcrop areas, causing a glare on adjacent areas.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Imagery data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Agate Fossil Beds National Monument

This reference contains the imagery data used in the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. Color infrared photos taken on 7/29/1995 at 1:12000 scale.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Imagery data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Theodore Roosevelt National Park

This reference contains the imagery data used in the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Orthophotos, raw imagery, and scanned aerial photos are common files held here.

Aerial photography was acquired from the USFS covering the entire project area. Photographs were acquired on July 03 and 07 and August 24, 1996. True color photographs were taken at 1:24,000 (1"=2,000') scale and printed as 9"x9" contact glass positives. For interpretation purposes, these were enlarged to 18"x18" and an approximately 1:12,000 scale. To economize, every other aerial photo was enlarged. Overlap for the 9"x9" photos is approximately 50-60% (approximately 20% for every other 18"x18" photo) and sidelap between flight lines is approximately 20-30%.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior