FY 2001 Innovative proposal 22015

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal titleDevelop a Spatially-based Internet Portal that Integrates Distributed Northwest Fish, Wildlife, and Plant Data for On-line Mapping, Query, & Analysis
Proposal ID22015
OrganizationNorthwest Habitat Institute (NHI)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
NameThomas O'Neil
Mailing addressP.O. Box 855 Corvallis, Oregon 97339-0855
Phone / email5417532199 / habitat@nwhi.org
Manager authorizing this projectThomas O'Neil
Review cycleFY 2001 Innovative
Province / SubbasinSystemwide / Systemwide
Short descriptionDevelop an Internet portal as an information delievery system where distributed Northwest animal and plant data are seamlessly integrated at one public site with the well-known spatially based Microsoft's Terra Server in a user oriented fashion.
Target speciesThis proposal has the potential to address all fish and wildlife species found within the Columbia River Basin
Project location
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Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

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Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:

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Section 2. Past accomplishments

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Section 3. Relationships to other projects

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Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase

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Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase

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Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase

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Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

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Section 8. Estimated budget summary

Itemized budget
ItemNoteFY 2001 cost
Personnel FTE: 2.7 - project is for 15 months not 12 $190,746
Fringe $13,600
Supplies $33,775 of this cost is for equipment $38,775
Travel $4,000
Indirect 12% - not taken on equipment $25,617
Capital Compaq Server $33,200
Subcontractor # of tags: Conservation Management Institute $64,683
Other Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife $18,500
$389,121
Total estimated budget
Total FY 2001 cost$389,121
Total FY 2001 budget request$389,121
Cost sharing
OrganizationItem or service providedAmountCash or in-kind
NHI workstation $9,000 in-kind
SQL Server $3,000 in-kind
Arc/Info and Arc/IMS $10,000 in-kind
ERDAS $7,000 in-kind

Reviews and recommendations

This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.

Recommendation:
Yes - B
Date:
Dec 15, 2000

Comment:

This proposal may be premature to the regional effort to establish a data management system. Such a site should provide valuable information sharing to the various parties in the Columbia River Basin. The method does not necessarily satisfy the criteria for an innovative project in that the sponsor would investigate the design of a distributed database based on Microsoft's Terra Server. However, it is apparently a new application of the server to develop an integrated information system for biological data in the Pacific Northwest. It is not clear that this proposal is what is needed at this time. The ISRP recommends that the Council consider the issues in data archiving and distribution needs, and then issue a targeted request for proposals in this area. Specific Questions and Concerns: ? Who would maintain the site upon completion of the project? Where would it be housed in the future? ? What would it cost to maintain the site? ? The author implies that there is no limit to the amount of data that the Northwest Habitat Institute is willing to host. Is this true? ? There is no assurance that agencies will be cooperative in working out data retrieval standards and query mechanisms to get the various web servers to communicate. ? There is good evidence of cooperation by Microsoft Corporation and the sponsor can probably do the proposed work. They do have good models to follow based on work done by the Conservation Management Institute's Fish and Wildlife Information Exchange. ? Availability of meta-data will continue to be a problem for many data sources.
Recommendation:
Do Not Fund
Date:
Jan 17, 2001

Comment:

Premature to fund this project at this time. Not innovative.
Recommendation:
Do Not Fund
Date:
Jan 17, 2001

Comment:

Premature to fund this project at this time. Not innovative.