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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 McCord, Scott Miller)
State Program, Budget, Coordination—State AIM Leads
Office Project Coordination and Budget—Project Leads
AIM Project Contacts
Planning and Funding Design
Baili [email protected]
303-236-7342
Project EvaluationAnalysis and Reporting
Emily [email protected]
303-236-0071
Data Collection and QAQC and Ingestion
Sarah [email protected]
303-236-2716
AIM Project Design Worksheet and Process Model
BLM National Operations Center
Enterprise
database
• Monitoring Manual and Technical References
• Data capture and storage with DIMA/SARAH and TerrADat/AquADat
• 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!!!
AIM Tools Available
Quality Assurance (done throughout the year at all levels)
Level 2: State QC
Field Crew QA
Level 1: Crew Lead/Field Office/District Office QC
DIMA/SARAH finalization
QC and dataset merge
Training / calibration Calibration
Pre-season DIMA/SARAH preparation
Level 3: National Operations Center QC
Mid-season check-in2
Share previous year’s data with
FOs
QC and SQL ingestion
(data is “locked”)
Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov DecJan
Periodic DIMA/SARAH
checks1
Mid-season check-in2
Calibration Calibration
*Determine exact timing by subtracting crew training time from desired monitoring start date
1Periodic DIMA checks should be done every few weeks once data collection has started (more frequent at the start of data collection to catch errors).2Mid-season check-ins should be done about 4 weeks after data collection has started.
Feb March April June July Aug Sept Oct Nov DecJan
NOC
State Office
Field Office
Field Crew
Sample Design• Plots• Strata • Study area• Project
design worksheet
Field Data• DIMA/SARAH• Photos• Sample
Design DB• Field season
summary
TerrADat/AquADat/HAF
Early DIMA/SARAH
Training Data Collection & QA QC
Office Plot Evaluation
QC Data
QC Data
QC Data
Use Data
Use Data
Calibration data
May