AIM Timelines Tools and Support AIM Roles and
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AIM Timelines, Tools, and Support
AIM Roles and Responsibilities Policy, Program, and WO Budget—Gordon Toevs Implementation—National Operations Center (Emily Kachergis, terrestrial lead and Scott Miller, aquatics lead) Training, Study Design—ARS Jornada, USU/NAMC (Jason Karl and Sarah Mc. Cord, Scott Miller) State Program, Budget, Coordination—State AIM Leads Office Project Coordination and Budget—Project Leads
AIM Project Contacts Planning and Funding Design Baili Foster bfoster@blm. gov 303 -236 -7342 Data Collection and QA QC and Ingestion Sarah Burnett sburnett@blm. gov 303 -236 -2716 Project Evaluation Analysis and Reporting Emily Kachergis ekachergis@blm. gov 303 -236 -0071
AIM Project Design Worksheet and Process Model
AIM Tools Available rise Enterp e as datab BLM National Operations Center • Monitoring Manual and Technical References • Data capture and storage with DIMA/SARAH and Terr. ADat/Aqu. ADat • Master sample • AIM landscape toolbox website • Webinars and calls • QA/QC protocols and documentation • Benchmark (threshold) determination tools – O/E type models for aquatics • Geocortex reporting tools • R-Shiny tool statistical analysis • And more underway!!!
Jan Feb March April May June July Sept Aug Oct Nov Dec *Determine exact timing by subtracting crew training time from desired monitoring start date Field Crew QA Training / calibration Calibration Level 1: Crew Lead/Field Office/District Office QC Pre-season DIMA/SARAH preparation Periodic DIMA/SARAH checks 1 DIMA/SARAH finalization Level 2: State QC Mid-season check-in 2 QC and dataset merge Level 3: National Operations Center QC Share previous year’s data with FOs QC and SQL ingestion (data is “locked”) Mid-season check-in 2 Quality Assurance (done throughout the year at all levels) Jan Feb 1 Periodic March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov DIMA checks should be done every few weeks once data collection has started (more frequent at the start of data collection to catch errors). 2 Mid-season check-ins should be done about 4 weeks after data collection has started. Dec
Training Data Collection & QA Field Crew Calibration data Early DIMA/SARAH Field Office State Office NOC Jan QC Field Data • DIMA/SARAH • Photos • Sample Design DB • Field season summary Office Plot Evaluation Sample Design • Plots • Strata • Study area • Project design worksheet Feb March April Use Data QC Data May June July Aug QC Data Use Data QC Data Terr. ADat/Aqu. ADat /HAF Sept Oct Nov Dec