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The Natural Resource Data Series (NRDS), published from 2009 to 2024, was a non-scholarly series intended for the timely release of datasets and data summaries that may be preliminary in nature.
Reports were published in the NRDS if the methods for collection were described or cited within the report and had undergone appropriate review. If data were collected following peer-reviewed and published methods, then material could be published in the NRDS.
"Appropriate review” was determined by the report's peer review manager. In general, NPS and IMD peer review guidance allowed (or directed) the following:
- NRDS reports presenting data collected and analyzed according to peer-reviewed and published I&M protocols were exempt from peer review, as per NPS Director’s Order 11B.
- NRDS reports based on peer-reviewed protocols published by programs, divisions, or agencies other than the NPS Inventory & Monitoring Division (which has an official definition of "protocol") may be exempt from peer review. Potential sources of peer-reviewed procedures may be included in SOPs, study plans, quality assurance plans, instruction manuals or other documents and should be cited as appropriate in the NRDS report.
- For reports based on methods that were not peer-reviewed and published, the methods must be fully described in the NRDS report and the report must be peer-reviewed. This ensured that any preliminary data published in the NRDS met the requirement of being collected according to peer-reviewed and published methods.
Reports that included interpretation of findings, or management or science recommendations, remained out-of-scope for the NRDS. Reports with such content were redirected to the Natural Resource Report series at the series manager’s discretion and in consultation with report authors.
Examples of reports in this series included:
- Periodic or annual data summary reports of certified or approved data collected under long-term monitoring efforts.
- Preliminary data summary reports used to release and document provisional data for use by the National Park Service or partners before completion of all QA/QC, as specified in a protocol's quality assurance plan.
The Natural Resource Data Series differed from Natural Resource Reports, which were peer-reviewed and included analysis and interpretive discussion.
Published Natural Resource Data Series Reports
Click on a panel to see reports published each year in the series.Source: Data Store Saved Search 5485. To search for additional information, visit the Data Store.
Source: Data Store Saved Search 4976. To search for additional information, visit the Data Store.
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Source: Data Store Saved Search 787. To search for additional information, visit the Data Store.
Source: Data Store Saved Search 789. To search for additional information, visit the Data Store.
Source: Data Store Saved Search 790. To search for additional information, visit the Data Store.
Source: Data Store Saved Search 791. To search for additional information, visit the Data Store.
Last updated: April 5, 2024