Bear Lake Data Repository
Bear Lake Data Repository
Bear Lake Watch Announces the Establishment of the Bear Lake Data Repository
Dr. Jeffrey R. Nielson, of the Utah State University, Department of Watershed Sciences, Logan, Utah, has created a comprehensive centralized open-access repository for environmental datasets related to Bear Lake. The Bear Lake Data Repository (BLDR) is available to researchers and the general public.
The BLDR spans decades of work in which physical, chemical, and biological data from numerous scientists have been carefully curated. The BLDR now serves as a foundation for comprehensive data archiving for the future. As a result, researchers can download data and conduct studies combining new and earlier data relating to Bear Lake. Any scientists interested in augmenting the BLDR with additional data should contact the Bear Lake Watch Science Committee at science@bearlakewatch.com to formally request to add more data to the BLDR.
“Bear Lake Watch’s strategy is to support science and the scientific community in developing, processing, and disseminating scientific information that can help to keep Bear Lake clean, deep, and blue. We are proud to serve as the repository manager of this important and growing body of scientific information relating to Bear Lake,” said Gregory C. Critchfield, MD, MS, and Bryce Nielson, Co-Chairs of the Bear Lake Watch Science Committee.
Bear Lake Watch Special Collection
The Bear Lake Watch Special Collection of documents and other Bear River related information is housed in the S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Natural Resources Research Library and the Utah State University Special Collections and Archives. This database aims to provide reviewed reports from the work of water scientists, engineers, managers, policy-makers, and concerned citizens. These reports represent experts from academia, industry, and other entities.
In an effort to preserve and collate the materials and provide easy access where possible, the Quinney Library has digitized numerous documents. When possible, this anthology will contain the full-text pdf of each document for online viewing or downloading. Additionally, for those items not available for full text access the site will provide a complete citation including links when plausible.
Bear Lake Watch, incorporated in 1994, is a non-profit group dedicated to the conservation and utilization of the waters of Bear Lake. The issues at Bear Lake are diverse and multifaceted and the aim of Bear Lake Watch is to foster positive discussions and networks among stakeholders.
Anyone can view and/or submit projects in the database but only current Bear Lake Watch volunteers can validate the information. Projects not yet validated will not show. If you have discovered an error with data please let us know by emailing info@bearlakewatch.com.
Your contributions help to fund important scientific research and will make a real and lasting difference, now and for future generations.