Reporting Format and Storage. All field data will be recorded each day and for each metric on project‐specific field data sheets. The field crew will scan a representative sample and email them to the SWQB WPC. After the field work, the NHNM Project Coordinator will assign NHNM personnel to enter the data into the NHNM database. Typically, this task is assigned to several personnel to reduce fatigue. Assigned staff may include the NHNM Project Coordinator, Data Technicians, interns, or contractors (e.g. botanist). The personnel entering data from a datasheet will sign and date each sheet when it is complete. The NHNM database requires a username, password, and specific permissions to access and edit data, and tracks the username and date when records are added or edited. Once the data have been entered and corrected, the Project Manager will assign NHNM staff to scan the field data sheets if not already electronically generated; these will be delivered to the SWQB WPC. The Surface Water Quality Information Database (SQUID) is the central repository for NMRAM data at SWQB. NHNM will deliver the data into a geodatabase that includes all related tables and metadata to the NMED for inclusion in SWQB project files until SQUID is prepared for headwater slope wetland NMRAM data entry. The SWQB WPC will ensure this data has been entered into SQUID by December 2023. Copies of the paper datasheets will be kept in the project file at SWQB and at NHNM office. A list of Sample Areas visited, and site scores will be provided by the WPC to EPA Region 6 Wetlands Program as a deliverable attachment to the semi‐annual reports. The data collection report produced by the Contractors and SWQB will include scans of the data collection worksheets in an appendix. B Data Generation and Acquisition B1 Sampling Design The selection of the headwater slope wetland subclass was based on SWQB prioritization of wetland types. The details regarding this prioritization are:
Reporting Format and Storage. Progress reports and final reports are to be submitted in the manner specified by the Research Council. The Project Owner shall store the final report and project data in a safe and secure manner for at least 10 years after the expiry of the contract period. The Project Owner is required to ensure that the data are stored safely and remain accessible even in the event the Project Owner itself is closed down or otherwise ceases to exist. The Project Owner is under obligation to ensure that peer-reviewed scientific articles based on research wholly or partially funded by the Research Council are stored in appropriate, open-access digital archives, when this is legally possible. It is presumed that such storage does not in any way conflict with the author’s academic and legal rights.
