Grays Lake NWR Invasive Plant Prioritization Workshop Results, 2021

IPIEDT workshop results preserve species and area prioritization scores for Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge. The Access Database tool uses yes/no/unknown responses and state/condition lists to calculate numerical scores for ranking invasive plant threats. Each workshop's data tables are archived as CSV files and a downloadable Access Database.

Use Cases

• Rank invasive plant species for inventory priority based on calculated species scores.
• Rank geographic areas for management priority based on calculated area scores.
• Archive workshop prioritization results to preserve historical rankings against future database updates.
• Analyze threat conditions and state responses used to generate numerical scores.

Strengths

• Data tables are archived to preserve workshop results against future database changes.
• The Access Database tool generates stand-alone CSV outputs for open-source use.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Department of the Interior

Collection Method

Workshop responses recorded in an Access Database tool.

Time Range

2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-04 08:23:05.320802; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge