Nestucca Bay NWR and Siletz Bay NWR: Invasive Plant Inventory and Early Detection Prioriti

The IPIEDT is an Access Database tool with CSV outputs for prioritizing invasive plant inventory efforts in Nestucca Bay and Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuges. Workshop participants respond to 'yes/no/unknown' questions or select from condition lists, which are scored numerically to generate ranked lists. The Department of the Interior created this tool, and the workshop data tables are archived to preserve results even if the master database changes.

Use Cases

• Calculate species priority scores based on user responses to descriptive questions.
• Generate ranked lists of areas for inventory based on calculated area scores.
• Archive workshop prioritization results to preserve them against future database updates.
• Apply the prioritization tool to new threats or areas as they are identified.

Strengths

• The tool provides a structured prioritization method using numerical scoring from descriptive responses.
• Workshop results are archived in standalone CSV files, ensuring data preservation.
• The tool is offered as an open-source Access Database and CSV files.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Department of the Interior

Collection Method

Data tables resulting from an Invasive Plant Species and Area Prioritization Workshop.

Time Range

2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-04 08:15:28.243964; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge and Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge