Tualatin NWR Invasive Plant Prioritization Tool: Species and Area Scores, 2017

An Access database and CSV tables from a 2017 workshop for prioritizing invasive plant inventory at Tualatin National Wildlife Refuge. The tool uses a question-response system to assign numerical values, calculating species and area scores to generate ranked priority lists. The data tables are archived to preserve workshop results independent of updates to the master database.

Use Cases

• Ranking invasive plant species for management action based on calculated species scores.
• Prioritizing geographic areas for survey based on calculated area scores.
• Archiving workshop-based prioritization decisions for historical comparison.
• Analyzing the relationship between descriptive survey responses and final priority scores.

Strengths

• Data is archived to preserve original workshop results, as stated in the description.
• Output includes both a database tool and standalone CSV files for flexibility.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified; the last metadata update is dated 2026-03-04.

Provenance

Source

Department of the Interior

Collection Method

Generated from a workshop using a question-response prioritization tool.

Time Range

2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-04 08:12:59.463913

Geography

Tualatin National Wildlife Refuge