U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 256

Coastal Prairie Restoration Information System: Version 1 (Louisiana)

U.S. Department of the Interior
DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Secretary

U.S. Geological Survey
Mark D. Myers, Director

I.  Abstract

The Coastal Prairie Restoration Information System (CPR) is a Microsoft Access
database that allows users to query and view data about Louisiana coastal prairie
species.  Less than 0.1% of Louisiana's coastal prairie vegetation remains in a
relatively undisturbed condition.  Encompassing as much as 1 million hectares of 
land, coastal prairie is a hybrid of coastal wetlands and tall grass prairie.
Over 550 plant species have been identified in Louisiana's coastal prairies to date.
Efforts to conserve and restore this endangered ecosystem are limited by the ability 
of workers to identify and access knowledge about this diverse group of plants.  In 
this database, a variety of data are provided for each of 650 coastal prairie species 
in Louisiana.

The database was developed at the U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research 
Center by Larry Allain, with software development by Myra Silva.  Additional funding 
was provided by the biology department of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette 
(ULL), the ULL Center for Environmental and Ecological Technology, and the National
Science Foundation.

This product contains Portable Document Format (.pdf) files, which require Adobe 
Acrobat for viewing.  Installation files for Acrobat Reader 7 for Windows and 
Macintosh are provided on the Internet at
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html.

II.  DISCLAIMERS

This publication was prepared by an agency of the United States Government. 
Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their 
employees, makes any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal 
liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any 
information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or 
represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference 
therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, 
trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply 
its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or 
any agency thereof.

Although all data and software published on this product have been used by the 
USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy 
of the data and related materials and (or) the functioning of the software. The 
act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no 
responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of this data, software, or 
related materials.

III.  SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Supported Operating Systems

Windows 2000; Windows 98;
Windows 98 Second Edition;
Windows ME; Windows NT;
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
for Titanium-based Systems;
Windows Server 2003 x64 editions;
Windows XP; Windows XP
Professional x64 Edition.
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 requires
Service Pack 6a.

Requirements:
78 MB of disk space; 800 x 600
minimum resolution.


IV. INSTRUCTIONS AND DOCUMENTATION FOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DATA SERIES 256

A.  To install CPR Version 1.0

Save the archive (CPRver1.0.zip) to your hard drive and unzip the contents.
If the installation program does not start automatically, navigate to the contents 
and double-click on the setup.exe file to begin installation. 

Administrative permissions may be required for proper execution of this program. 
If the program does not function correctly, contact your Systems Administrator.

B.  Software usage of CPR Version 1.0

When a user starts the Coastal Prairie Restoration information system (CPR), an interface
appears with data and images detailing information about individual plant species. The
first species in the database will be displayed.

Navigation buttons at the bottom of the "plant data" screen allow the user to move from
one species to another in order or to move to the first and last record. To search for a
particular plant or plants by name or by attributes use the search button located at the
bottom of the screen.

Two drop-down menus are provided at the top of the screen.
In the "Information" pull-down menu, a PDF document on "How to use this software" will
appear providing a description of the user interface with notes on its use as provided
on the CD-ROM.