Author: Paul Frater, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Using living data to inform management decisions is the asphalt that will pave the road to resilience, but what exactly does that construction project look like? This talk is for those who want a data system that transforms distributed data collected across an agency into actionable insights and management decisions. I will lay a foundation for the concept of “living data” by outlining integral components of data pipelines and provide examples of how these have been implemented by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ (WDNR) Fisheries Management Program. The purpose of this talk is to look at what an effective data pipeline is and what each part looks like as well as how the WDNR fisheries management program built theirs. Lastly, I will share some success stories for how the data pipeline has helped make fisheries management more efficient and effective in the WDNR.
