1. Inventory and Monitoring Program, Natural Resource Program Center NPSpecies National Perspective on NPSpecies QA/QC Alison Loar NRPC NPSpecies Data Manager

2. Inventory and Monitoring Program, Natural Resource Program Center NPSpecies What is NPSpecies? Who is on the NPRC NPSpecies Team? What QA/QC services are provided?

3. Inventory and Monitoring Program, Natural Resource Program Center NPSpecies What is NPSpecies? National Park Species Application –Online and desktop versions –Species lists for each National Park –Status of species in each National Park –Evidence supporting status of species Vouchers, References, Observations –QA Certification Process

4. Inventory and Monitoring Program, Natural Resource Program Center NPSpecies NRPC NPSpecies Team Online/Desktop Application Programmer –Marwan Obeidat Data Manager –Alison Loar Data Manager’s Helpers –Jeremy Markuson –CSU student interns

5. Inventory and Monitoring Program, Natural Resource Program Center NPSpecies What QA/QC services are provided? Run QA process on data submitted for upload from desktop to the online application Run QA process on Species Lists submitted for Certification

6. Inventory and Monitoring Program, Natural Resource Program Center NPSpecies Upload Data to Online Application What we don’t do –Data collection, data entry, and data verification steps –Check data online after uploading for uploading and synch errors.

7. Inventory and Monitoring Program, Natural Resource Program Center NPSpecies Upload Data to Online Application 1.Check ParkCodes used in file 2.Check the species status values 3.Check the local classification values 4.Check any custom scientific names 5.Check links to NatureBib 6.Check Observations and Vouchers

8. Inventory and Monitoring Program, Natural Resource Program Center NPSpecies Processing Tool Organized by subject –Species List –Custom Names –References –Observations –Vouchers SOP goes through queries and macros

9. Inventory and Monitoring Program, Natural Resource Program Center NPSpecies Upload Data to Online Application Most frequent types of errrs –Duplicate custom scientific names –Custom names that now have a match to ITIS –Problems with local classification –Invalid or illogical dates –Invalid coordinates

10. Inventory and Monitoring Program, Natural Resource Program Center NPSpecies Scientific Name Issues 2. Matching Custom Names To Permanent ITIS TSNs 1. Duplicate Custom Names

11. Inventory and Monitoring Program, Natural Resource Program Center NPSpecies Local Classification Issues 1. Local Accepted Name is no longer on the Species List. 2. For names on the local list, the TSN does not = the Local Accepted TSN Antennaria parvifolia Nutt.Antennaria parvifolia sensu Greene, non Nutt.

12. Inventory and Monitoring Program, Natural Resource Program Center NPSpecies Date Issues 1. 2.

13. Inventory and Monitoring Program, Natural Resource Program Center NPSpecies Coordinate Issues UTM X/Y or LAT/LONG switched LONGs without the negative sign Coordinates out of range

14. Inventory and Monitoring Program, Natural Resource Program Center NPSpecies Take Home Message Your data submissions are verified by NRPC before importing online. –These verification tools will be in the new NPSpecies for you to use. QA Filters for Certification are double checked before certification is posted.