Presentations from the
7th Annual OFWIM Conference
Baltimore, Maryland
November 1st-5th, 2002

State Biological Resource Databases (Waldon, CMI)

State Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Natural History Surveys, and State Natural Heritage Programs all develop state-level biological resources databases for the purpose of informing decision makers, natural resource planning, and education of the public. These systems vary widely in application, programmatic function, and accessibility, and consequently, the personnel and fiscal resources invested in each system also vary widely. Taxonomic breadth and field structure of the systems is highly dependent on the legal framework of each agency and the agency mission. This presentation will address the current status of the best (in the author's opinion) state-level biological resource data systems and touch on some efforts to coordinate multi-state systems. This presentation will also lay out a series of needs for state-level biological resource data systems, and propose a vision for these systems into the future.

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This presentation available as:
PowerPoint presentation (Waldon): State Biological Resource Databases (PPT)
Adobe Acrobat Reader file (Waldon): State Biological Resource Databases (PDF)