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<br />002322 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />efforts were identified and evaluated as to the value of the data contained in <br />each system, This process revealed two database development activities which <br />either contained information on aquatic resources or had the potential to be <br />expanded to accept aquatic resource data. <br /> <br />The. nA\lolr'\nmont Noh./nv-lr nAt:::lh.::lc.Q (ntllnp.' I...,rfev- rlo\lolt'1nmon1- hlf +ho. CIIC"+om I1nnli_ <br />.,,- -_.........r-........... ................... .....~.................... ,....,........}' ...11.... . .......~.......t-'''''-".... ""'J .....'- ....J..........'" "l"'t' , . <br />cations Group Regional Office and the Salt Lake City Field Office, was identi- <br />fied as having potential usefulness if the focus of the database could be <br />expanded to include aquatic resource information. The expansion was accom- <br />plished by adding several information categories pertaining to aquatic resources <br />to the DNDB survey form and including aquatic resources in the DNDB key word <br />list. WFE staff also participated in a 3-day workshop held in Salt Lake City, <br />Utah, where FWS staff compiled information on over 50 water and energy projects <br />in the UCRB. The DNDB for the UCRB became operational in August 1982 and has <br />been used by the Salt Lake City FWS office for field applications. <br /> <br />The second database identified was the Fishery Database being constructed by the <br />Resource Management Methods Group (RMMG) at the Western Energy and Land Use <br />Team (WELUT) for the EPA. The National Fishery Survey Database is constructed <br />using the EPA River Reach Stream Identification System. The River Reach System <br />(RRS) was implemented by EPA as a mechanism to ascertain the general quality of <br />the Nation's water via the National Fishery Survey and to standardize water data <br />collection systems Nationwide. The RRS has a great potential for coordination <br />with a number of other aquatic databases and expanding the usefulness of the WFE <br />project for field use. <br /> <br />The potential for use of the RRS was limited in the UCRB by the small number of <br />cataloging units upon which data entry is dependent and inherent problems in <br />updating and digitizing the river reach map for the UCRB. To solve this problem, <br />EPA funding was secured to update and redigitize the UCRB river reach map. When <br />this effort is completed it will be possible to access data from the National <br />Fishery Survey, STORET, WATSTOR, and other databases using the river reach numbers <br />as references. Currently, work has commenced on the updating of the river reach <br />maps and funding was made available through RMMG, WELUT, for digitizing high <br />priority streams in the UCRB. <br /> <br />Through the process of data collection in support of the hydrologic modeling <br />effort and database coordination activities, the need for an additional aquatic <br />database was identified. The need arose because existing databases were not <br />comprehensive enough to accommodate the type and quantity of available data. To <br />address this problem, a new database entitled MANAGE Aquatic Resource Database <br />(MAQRDB) was created to store, manipulate, and retrieve information on aquatic <br />resources and resource developments in the UCRB. MAQRDB was designed to contain <br />reaches and many other aquatic attributes. The MAQRDB information retrieval <br />format was structured using the same node structure as the hydrologic model <br />being developed for the basin. <br />