Release of the Sonoran Desert Rapid Ecoregional Assessment Information

United States Department of the Interior

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

Arizona State Office

One North Central Avenue, Suite 800

Phoenix, Arizona  85004-4427

 

February 13, 2013

In Reply Refer To:

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EMS TRANSMISSION 03/04/2013

Information Bulletin No. AZ-2013-011

 

 

The purpose of this Information Bulletin (IB) is to acknowledge the availability of data-related products in and produced by the Sonoran Desert Rapid Ecoregional Assessment (REA).  These REA products are released for internal and external use subject to proprietary data restrictions and the disclaimer described below.

 

The REA reports and associated geospatial data represent regional scale information and models about resources and change agents.  This information is non-decisional, but does provide context for cross-jurisdictional, multi-scale resource discussions, potential future conditions, and the basis to prioritize additional information needs.

 

A press release will announce the availability of the peer-reviewed REA report, which describes the data-related products used in and produced by the REA.  Once announced, the report will be available on the REA website at:

 

 

Certified datasets and related products may be released prior to the report announcement.

 

Attachment 1 describes the REA data-related products released with this IB and provides a hyperlink to the online REA Data Portal where data products can be accessed.  Within the portal, the Data Catalog and Map Catalog list currently available data-related products.  Additional data-related products will be added to the REA Data Portal as they become available for release.

 

BLM access to the data-related products will be through the BLM’s Enterprise Geographic Information System and the REA Data Portal, which will be available through the Rapid Ecoregional Assessment website at:

 

 

The entire organization will have the ability to discover, analyze, use, and share all non-proprietary information.

 

Data-related products approved for release will be available to the public through the REA Data Portal, which is accessed through the REA website at:

 

 

This portal will provide access to mapping products, certified data, models, and derived products.  The metadata will be posted in Federal Geographic Data Committee nodes to allow harvesting of the data through nationally recognized geospatial portals.

 

In addition to the services listed above in the “All Public Users” section, REA-named collaborators will have restricted access to terminal services (e.g., access to ArcMap and ArcCatalog) upon request.  Requests must be submitted to the Assessment Management Team (AMT) lead for each REA by the named collaborator.

 

Disclaimer:  The following disclaimer statements are applied to the BLM data generated under contract for the Rapid Ecoregional Assessment.  For Public records (external distribution) and those discretionary/enhanced records (Electronic products available for online viewing and/or hardcopy output available to the public.) the following disclaimers shall be used:

 

Distributor Liability:  The BLM assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions.  No warranty is made by the BLM as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of the data for individual use or aggregate use with other data; nor shall the act of distribution to contractors, partners, or beyond, constitute any such warranty for individual or aggregate data use with other data.  Although the data has been processed successfully on computers of the BLM, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the BLM regarding the use of the data on any other system, or for general or scientific purposes, nor does the fact of distribution constitute or imply any such warranty.  In no event shall the BLM have any liability whatsoever for payment of any consequential, incidental, indirect, special, or Tort damages of any kind, including, but not limited to, any loss of profits arising out of the use or reliance on the geographic data or arising out of the delivery, installation, operation, or support by the BLM.

 

Access Constraints:  None, the data is considered public domain.

 

Use Constraints:  The data is provided by the BLM “as is” and may contain errors or omissions.  The user assumes the entire risk associated with use of the data and bears all responsibility in determining whether the data is fit for the users intended use.

 

The information contained in the data is dynamic and may change over time.  The data is not better than the original sources from which they were derived, and both scale and accuracy may vary across the data set.  The data may not have the accuracy, resolution, completeness, timeliness, or other characteristics appropriate for applications that potential users of the data may contemplate.  The user is encouraged to carefully consider the content of the metadata file associated with the data.  The data is neither legal documents nor land surveys, and must not be used as such.  Official records may be referenced at most BLM offices.  Please report any errors in the data to the BLM office for which it was obtained.

 

The BLM should be cited as the data source in any products derived from the data.  Any users wishing to modify the data should describe the types of modifications they have performed.  The user should not misrepresent the data, nor imply that changes made were approved or endorsed by the BLM.  This information may be updated without notification.

 

For questions or further information, please contact Elroy Masters, Fish and Wildlife Program Lead, at 602-417-9346.

 

 

1 Attachment:

1 – National Operations Center Data Review Certification Form (2 pp)