Web Site Overview

About StreamNet.  This page offers information on who is involved in StreamNet, what they're doing, and important information concerning this web site, including credits, how to cite StreamNet, user statistics, and a description of the hardware and software that allow you to read this information.

Fish Data.  This page allows users to explore StreamNet's on-line data, which include our query system, library, photographs, GIS data, water temperature data, independent data sets, and the PNW Reach File, which is used to distribute the 1:100,000-scale hydrography that serves as the geographic reference system for StreamNet data.

Public Education.  This feature offers a variety of general information on the topic of aquatic conservation. Included are a glossary of technical fisheries terms, a species database, fact sheets, photographs, and a special section featuring drawings of fish by tomorrow's policy makers and resource managers.

Contact Us.  This feature provides a list of individuals involved in the StreamNet project and their street addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and email addresses.

Links.  The links feature provides pointers to other Internet resources related to aquatic resource conservation and restoration.

Feedback.  This is just what it says. Please feel free to contact us with comments on the features and data provided by this web site. We are particularly interested in your observations on how we might improve the site to better meet the needs of resource managers, policy makers, and the interested public.

SERVICES PROVIDED BY STREAMNET

Data Development
StreamNet is involved with both adding current year data to existing datasets and acquiring new types of data. StreamNet prepares data exchange standards and formats to encourage regional standardization and facilitates data compilation consistent with these protocols.

Data Storage and Delivery
StreamNet utilizes state-of-the-art database and geographic information system technology to compile and maintain aquatic resource data. StreamNet data can be provided as tables, GIS layers, charts, graphs, or maps and may be accessed through the Internet, a Distributed Access System, FTP, the StreamNet Library, and custom products prepared by StreamNet staff.

Technical Assistance to Agencies and Tribes
StreamNet-funded staff provide significant technical database, geographic information system, and data transfer support services to state fish and wildlife agencies. The project also helps provide information system capabilities to tribes in the Columbia Basin.

Library Services
The StreamNet Library includes materials relating to the aquatic resources of the Pacific Northwest, with special attention to anadromous fisheries in the Columbia Basin. The StreamNet library places particular emphasis on less commonly available "grey" literature. Library services include reference, referral, database searching, inter-library lending, and document delivery.

Assistance to Watershed and Restoration Projects
StreamNet can assist Fish and Wildlife Program-sponsored projects and related watershed and stream-specific projects by 1) providing baseline information on fish production, distribution, and other factors, 2) promoting development of data exchange protocols across watershed projects, 3) tracking projects and related management activities, 4) preparing custom data and map products for use by project participants, 5) serving as a repository for data and reports prepared through these projects, and 6) providing summarized data by subbasin.

Custom Products and Data Requests
StreamNet’s principal product is its database and accompanying electronic data delivery systems. StreamNet also prepares custom GIS maps, graphs, and data reports for use by those involved in the protection and restoration of the region’s aquatic resources. The project receives more than 1,700 requests for data and data services annually, and routinely provides data and services to state and federal agencies, tribes, regional authorities and private groups.