Recovery of the endangered pallid sturgeon is comprised of interrelated programs (including, Conservation Propagation and Stocking Program (CPSP), and Pallid Sturgeon Population Assessment Program (PSPAP) with numerous contributing agencies. These programs are in need of improved database architecture to integrate and share the capture, tagging, propagation, stocking, genetics, and other critical data to meet program and population monitoring requirements and to measure progress toward recovery. A range-wide relational database architecture or decision support system is needed to manage and integrate the large amounts of data collected by numerous partners and programs in order to evaluate progress toward downlisting and delisting of the endangered pallid sturgeon and evaluate the success of the CPSP. With a $100,000 investment, this project will develop relational database management architecture to improve integration of data, fill data gaps in the current NPSDB, improve data completeness, standardization, and accuracy, and protect sensitive data.
