In 2012, the North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative (NALCC) embarked on an InformationManagement Needs Assessment with the goal of better understanding the information technologyneeds of its stakeholders. This effort included documenting the functional requirements of a systemthat would be able to support collaboration and coordination of conservation efforts among NALCCpartners. The needs assessment study was supported through a grant from the Department of theInterior and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service aimed at enabling Landscape Conservation Cooperatives(LCC) to conduct science and undertake strategic conservation efforts across large geographic areas.
Applied Geographics, the contractor, reviewed existing materials and relevant literature on needs assessments. Then, with input from NALCC Information Management team, it developed list of questions to ask stakeholders; interviewed and surveyed stakeholders; based on survey, evaluated most important data/information needs that were unmet; and proposed recommendations and design for information management. The methods and findings of the assessment are available in a report.
