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KRIS background pages try to provide a succinct and understandable summary of scientific information about fisheries, water quality and watershed data found in KRIS databases. These pages may also include examples of charts, with explanations to allow non-trained users to interpret data. KRIS projects rely on local scientists and land managers and their reports, along with other relevant scientific literature, are available in the KRIS bibliography.
The pilot KRIS Kootenai background pages are meant only as examples, while complete KRIS projects include explanatory pages for all data types. The examples may be from a small geographic area because this is a pilot, and the degree of completeness of the background pages may vary due to budget limitations. Some pages lack narrative (i.e. Water Quality) and are just links to available resources, while others, like the westslope cutthroat and bull trout pages, are more complete and better resemble what final background pages might look like. These pages should be thought of as a starting point and a catalyst to get potential users thinking about what types of data a full KRIS Kootenai project would include and how information should be linked. (For an example of a fully developed system of Background pages, see http://www.krisweb.com/kristenmile/krisdb/html/krisweb/backintr.htm.)
KRIS Kootenai Project Sub-basins: Basin boundaries in this pilot follow recognized small scale hydrologic boundaries from the U.S. Geologic Survey (see Map). The eight basins are named under this convention, but at the request of reviewers and KRN, the Bull River sub-basin has been re-named the Middle Kootenai. Because this project is only a pilot, existing boundaries had to be used, but sub-basins could be redefined in a full project.
Background Page Links
| White Sturgeon | Flows and Climate Data |
| Bull Trout | Sediment |
| Westslope Cutthroat Trout | Water Quality |
| Burbot | Map Data |
| www.krisweb.com |
