Site.Name	Field.Data.Collection.Technology	Types.of.Data.Collected.with.Sensors	Digital.Field.Data.Transmission	Electric.Line.Power.at.Site	Electric.Line.Power.Details	IT.Upgrades.Needed	IT.Upgrades.Importance.for.Efficiency	IT.Upgrades.Importance.for.Scientific.Capacity	IT.Upgrades.Other.Comments
Alum Creek EF	Paper;	Unknown;	Unknown;	No		Remote, has none of this.;	Not important	Not important	Area is remote with no access to electricity, cell service, water, human contact, etc.
Argonne EF	Paper;			No		Electrical line power to field sites;	Not important	Somewhat important	IT capabilities would likely attract more collaborative research to the site.
Baltimore	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Meteorology; Wildlife; Vegetation; Soils; Social;	Satellite links;	Yes	We have solar	cellular;	Very important
Bartlett EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Meteorology; Wildlife;	Cell phone; Radio;	Yes	ONLY at the NEON-Battelle tower; otherwise power is not available.	Faster internet connectivity (because ours is too slow to efficiently transfer high frequency sensor data);	Important	Important
Bent Creek EF	Paper;	Meteorology;	T1 phone and data line; Fiber optics line; Cell phone; Radio repeater towers;	No		Faster internet connectivity (because ours is too slow to efficiently transfer high frequency sensor data); IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.); IT Software (for data processing, analytics, display, etc.);	Important	Important
Big Falls EF	Tablet or other hand held field computer;			No			Not important	Not important
Black Hills EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger;			No			Not important	Not important
Blacks Mountain EF	Paper;	Meteorology;	Radio;	No			Somewhat important	Somewhat important
Blue Valley EF	No active research;	No active research;	Cell phone; Radio repeater towers;	No			Not important	Not important
Boise Basin EF	Paper; Remotely sensed;	Vegetation;	Cell phone;	No			Not important	Not important	Boise Basin EF surrounds Idaho City, Id and the Idaho City Ranger District has FS internet, cell service, etc. and since we do not collect data on site as far as weather or hydrology. The EF is focused on vegetation data.
Bonanza Creek EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Meteorology;	Radio; Radio repeater towers;	No		IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.); IT Software (for data processing, analytics, display, etc.); IT Support Staff for hardware; IT Support staff for software;	Very important	Very important	Our headquarters are located off site and at the University of Alaska campus.
Calhoun EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Meteorology; Soils;	Cell phone;	No			Somewhat important	Somewhat important	Unlikely that anything along these lines could be done since there are no buildings or other infrastructure at the site. Only data collection equipment deployed in the field.
Caribou-Poker Creek RW	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Meteorology;	Radio; Radio repeater towers;	Yes	NEON out in an electrical line to their main power.	IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.); IT Software (for data processing, analytics, display, etc.); IT Support Staff for hardware; IT Support staff for software;	Very important	Very important
Cascade Head EF	Paper;	Meteorology;	Satellite links; Cell phone;	No		Faster internet connectivity (because ours is too slow to efficiently transfer high frequency sensor data);	Important	Very important
Caspar Creek EW	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Meteorology; Soils;	(1) land line, (1) GOES;	No		Internet connectivity (because we have none); IT Support Staff for hardware; IT Support staff for software;	Very important	Very important
Challenge EF	Paper; Data logger;	Meteorology;	Satellite links; Radio repeater towers;	Yes	The town called Challenge located within the Experimental Forest and PG&E power lines go through the EF in different directions. Our weather station located next to Lookout tower that electric line reaches.	Electrical line power to field sites; IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.);	Not important	Not important	There is a forest service working center (Feather River Ranger District, Plumas NF) within the EF.
Chipola EF	Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Meteorology; Soils;		No			Very important	Very important
Coram EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger;	Hydrology; Meteorology; Soils;	Cell phone; Radio;	No		Electrical line power to field sites; Internet connectivity (because we have none); IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.); IT Software (for data processing, analytics, display, etc.); IT Support Staff for hardware; IT Support staff for software;	Very important	Urgently needed
Coulee EF	Paper;			No		Electrical line power to field sites;	Not important	Somewhat important
Coweeta Hydrologic Lab	Paper; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Meteorology; Wildlife; Soils;	onsite NAS server; T1 phone and data line; Cell phone; Radio;	Yes	AC power to main climate station (CS01), eddy covariance tower site, and several other plots within basin	Electrical line power to field sites; Faster internet connectivity (because ours is too slow to efficiently transfer high frequency sensor data); IT Support Staff for hardware; IT Support staff for software;	Important	Important
Crossett EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Meteorology;	T1 phone and data line; Cell phone; Radio;	Yes	Power has been run to our flux tower.	Electrical line power to field sites; Faster internet connectivity (because ours is too slow to efficiently transfer high frequency sensor data);	Urgently needed	Urgently needed	We also need better and faster internet access and capacity to support various workshops we do for National Forest staff
Cutfoot EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger;	Meteorology; Wildlife; Soils;	Cell phone;	No			Somewhat important	Somewhat important
Deception Creek EF	Paper; Data logger; Remotely sensed;			No		Internet connectivity (because we have none);	Important	Important
Delta EF	Paper;			No			Not important	Not important
Desert ER	Paper;	Meteorology;	NRCS SCAN meteorological data transmitted out and available online.;	No		None!;	Important	Important
Dukes EF	Paper;			No		Electrical line power to field sites;	Not important	Somewhat important	IT capabilities would attract collaborators to use the site.
Entiat EF	Paper; Data logger;	Hydrology; Meteorology;	Radio; Radio repeater towers;	No		Internet connectivity (because we have none);	Somewhat important	Somewhat important	Our site is pretty rustic, with no real infrastructure beyond a road system, a meteorological station, and some inactive gauging stations. Our main goal is to get a reliable satellite connection running to capture met data.
Escambia EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger;	Meteorology; Wildlife;		No		Internet connectivity (because we have none); IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.); IT Software (for data processing, analytics, display, etc.); IT Support Staff for hardware; IT Support staff for software;	Important	Important
Estate Thomas EF	Paper; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Meteorology; Vegetation; Soils;	None;	No		Electrical line power to a Headquarters site; Electrical line power to field sites; Internet connectivity (because we have none); Faster internet connectivity (because ours is too slow to efficiently transfer high frequency sensor data); IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.); IT Software (for data processing, analytics, display, etc.); IT Support Staff for hardware; IT Support staff for software;	Very important	Very important
Fernow EF	Paper; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Meteorology; Wildlife; Fire;	Cell phone;	No		IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.);	Very important	Somewhat important
Fort Valley EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger;		T1 phone and data line; Cell phone;	No		Electrical line power to field sites; Faster internet connectivity (because ours is too slow to efficiently transfer high frequency sensor data); IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.); IT Software (for data processing, analytics, display, etc.); IT Support Staff for hardware; IT Support staff for software;	Very important	Very important
Fraser EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Meteorology;	not sure;	No
Glacier Lake Ecosystem ES	Paper; Data logger;	Hydrology; Meteorology; Soils;	Satellite links; Cell phone;	Yes	An underground power line links the on-site Ameriflux tower and our CASTNet monitoring shed to the local utilities provider (Carbon Light & Power).	Faster internet connectivity (because ours is too slow to efficiently transfer high frequency sensor data); IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.);	Very important	Very important
Great Basin ER	Paper; Data logger;		Cell phone; Radio;	Yes	Electricity to headquarters facility.	Electrical line power to a Headquarters site;	Not important	Not important
H. J. Andrews EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Meteorology; Wildlife; Vegetation; Soils;	T1 phone and data line; Radio; Radio repeater towers;	Yes	power to one of the lower small watershed and stream gage	Faster internet connectivity (because ours is too slow to efficiently transfer high frequency sensor data);	Somewhat important	Somewhat important	we have only T1 line on the federal side, but our University partner has been able to install radio repeaters and now we have much faster internet and cell coverage at the headquarters and for data transfer because of their efforts.
Harrison EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger;	Meteorology;	satellite phone on site; T1 phone and data line; Fiber optics line; Cell phone; Radio;	Yes	There is power to an area adjacent to the office and another site supplied by solar panel.	IT support is currently supplied through a contract.; IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.); IT Software (for data processing, analytics, display, etc.); IT Support Staff for hardware; IT Support staff for software;	Very important	Very important	The Harrison EF has good connectivity and internet speed to and from the site and fiber optic cabling within the site.
Hawaii Tropical EF	Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger;	Hydrology; Meteorology; Vegetation;	Cell phone;	No		IT Software (for data processing, analytics, display, etc.);	Important	Important
Heen Latinee EF	Paper; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Meteorology; Soils;	Cell phone; Radio; Radio repeater towers;	No		Electrical line power to field sites; IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.); IT Software (for data processing, analytics, display, etc.); IT Support Staff for hardware; IT Support staff for software;	Urgently needed	Urgently needed	Biggest problem is data management. We are generating data faster than we can QA/QC it and archive it
Henry R. Koen EF	Paper;		VPN; Cell phone;	No		Faster internet connectivity (because ours is too slow to efficiently transfer high frequency sensor data); IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.); IT Software (for data processing, analytics, display, etc.); IT Support Staff for hardware; IT Support staff for software;	Somewhat important	Very important
Hitchiti EF	Paper;	Meteorology;	T1 phone and data line; Radio;	No		Faster internet connectivity (because ours is too slow to efficiently transfer high frequency sensor data);	Not important	Not important
Howland	Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Meteorology; Vegetation;	Cell phone;	Yes	Main tower and west tower have line power available in forest	IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.); IT Software (for data processing, analytics, display, etc.);	Important	Important
Hubbard Brook EF	Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Meteorology; Wildlife; Vegetation; Soils;	T1 phone and data line; Cell phone; Radio; Radio repeater towers;	Yes	500 m to NADP site and CCASE experiment	Electrical line power to field sites; IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.); IT Software (for data processing, analytics, display, etc.);	Very important	Very important
Kane EF	Paper;	Meteorology;	analog telephone line; Cell phone; Radio;	No		Faster internet connectivity (because ours is too slow to efficiently transfer high frequency sensor data);	Very important	Important	High speed internet is only available through an air card at the site.
Kaskaskia EF	Paper;			No			Somewhat important	Somewhat important	Kaskaskia does not have good cell phone coverage. An office and barracks were once onsite but those have been demolished.
Kawishiwi EF	Paper;			No			Not important	Not important
Long Valley EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer;	A weather station was installed in 2018; Meteorology;	Cell phone;	No		there are no building or other infrastructure within the experimental forest, hence none of this would be of great value.;	Not important	Not important
Lower Peninsula EF	Paper;			No		Electrical line power to field sites; Internet connectivity (because we have none);	Not important	Somewhat important
Luquillo EF	Paper; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Meteorology; Vegetation; Soils;	some radio, some cell; T1 phone and data line; Cell phone; Radio; Radio repeater towers;	Yes	Power to field station and warming experiment	Electrical line power to field sites; Faster internet connectivity (because ours is too slow to efficiently transfer high frequency sensor data); IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.); IT Software (for data processing, analytics, display, etc.); IT Support Staff for hardware; IT Support staff for software;	Very important	Very important
Manitou EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger;	Meteorology;	Fiber optics line; Cell phone; Radio;	Yes	We have a power line to a flux tower. The power is currently turned off but could be turned on if there was interest.	Faster internet connectivity (because ours is too slow to efficiently transfer high frequency sensor data); IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.); IT Software (for data processing, analytics, display, etc.); IT Support Staff for hardware; IT Support staff for software;	Somewhat important	Somewhat important
Marcell EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Meteorology; Vegetation; Soils;	Fiber optics line; Satellite links; Cell phone; Radio;	Yes	Some research areas have associated commercial electrical service.	contractors to plan/install IT upgrades; Electrical line power to field sites; IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.); IT Software (for data processing, analytics, display, etc.); IT Support Staff for hardware; IT Support staff for software;	Urgently needed	Very important
Massabesic EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer;	Meteorology; Wildlife;	Cell phone;	No		Faster internet connectivity (because ours is too slow to efficiently transfer high frequency sensor data);	Important	Important
Maybeso EF	Paper; Data logger;	Hydrology; Wildlife; Vegetation; Soils;		No			Not important	Not important
North Mountain EF	Data not currently collected.; Paper; Remotely sensed;			No			Not important	Not important
Olustee EF	Paper; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Meteorology; Fire;	Cell phone; Radio;	No			Not important	Not important	The site is more or less co-located with the District Office for the Osceola NF. Sites are all within 30 minute drive of this office, and so some IT capabilities exist. There is no other EF specific infrastructure.
Olympic Exp. State Forest	acoustic monitoring units; wildlife cameras; Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Meteorology; Wildlife; Vegetation;	T1 phone and data line; Fiber optics line; Satellite links; Cell phone; Radio; Radio repeater towers;	No		Electrical line power to a Headquarters site; Internet connectivity (because we have none); Faster internet connectivity (because ours is too slow to efficiently transfer high frequency sensor data); IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.); IT Software (for data processing, analytics, display, etc.); IT Support Staff for hardware; IT Support staff for software;	Very important	Very important	Cell phone coverage is spotty away from major highway and towns.
Palustris EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger;	None;	Cell phone;	No		None;	Not important	Not important
Paoli EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger;			No		Electrical line power to field sites;	Somewhat important	Somewhat important
Penobscot EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger;	Meteorology;	T1 phone and data line; Cell phone;	No		Faster internet connectivity (because ours is too slow to efficiently transfer high frequency sensor data); IT Software (for data processing, analytics, display, etc.); IT Support Staff for hardware; IT Support staff for software;	Important	Important	We have some tablets we inherited from another location, but we don't have local expertise to program them for our data collection needs. We collect almost all data on paper. We need better integration of GPS and field (vegetation or other) data collection technologies. Hardware that does both well is prohibitively expensive. We need wifi for our Headquarters site. We only have wired internet capability. Our internet connection is intermittent and slow. This affects our ability to do our work.
Pike Bay EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer;			No			Not important	Not important
Priest River EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Meteorology;	T1 phone and data line; Cell phone; Radio; Radio repeater towers;	Yes	Local power company to compound	Electrical line power to field sites;	Important	Important
Pringle Falls EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Meteorology;	Cell phone; Radio;	No		Internet connectivity (because we have none); IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.);	Very important	Very important	Unknown the difference between very important and urgent. I am sure everyone will have urgent needs. Biggest issue is working out remote transmission of met data from multiple stations - Slowly updating stations to transmit via satellite connections given current lack of wifi or cable internet connectivity
Redwood EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	climate/tree canopy; Meteorology; Vegetation;	not sure?;	No		The former USFS Redwood Ranger Station office was transferred to the Yurok Tribe. It is hard to use the tribal IT near the Ex. Forest, since it is not longer USDA FS.; Electrical line power to field sites; Internet connectivity (because we have none); IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.);	Very important	Very important	The REF is adjacent to the old/former Redwood Ranger Station office, which was transferred to the Yurok Tribe. It would be good for the USFS to lease/have an agreement for one room/office in the Tribal buildings.
Rhineland EF	Paper; Data logger;		Cell phone;	Yes	We have a field laboratory building that is fully functioning, plus several other outbuildings with electricity.	Electrical line power to a Headquarters site; Electrical line power to field sites;	Important	Very important
Sagehen EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Meteorology; Wildlife; Fire; Vegetation;	internet through microwave towers and radios; Cell phone; Radio; Radio repeater towers;	Yes	East meadow has line power.	IT Software (for data processing, analytics, display, etc.); IT Support Staff for hardware; IT Support staff for software;	Urgently needed	Urgently needed	Right now we are in pretty good shape; however, can always use more bandwidth. What would be really helpful would be to have access to field techs for both instrumentation management, network administration and data storage and later web access.
San Dimas EF	Paper; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Meteorology;	Fiber optics line;	Yes	Line power to some instrumentation and laboratory building.	IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.); IT Software (for data processing, analytics, display, etc.); IT Support Staff for hardware; IT Support staff for software;	Somewhat important	Important
Santee EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Meteorology; Fire; Soils;	T1 phone and data line; Cell phone; Radio;	No		Electrical line power to field sites; IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.); IT Support Staff for hardware; IT Support staff for software;	Very important	Very important	Assistance in data structures, management and data bases could be useful.
Scull Shoals EF	Paper;		Cell phone;	No			Not important	Not important
Sierra Ancha ER	Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger;	Hydrology; Meteorology; Vegetation;	Satellite links; Cell phone; Radio; Radio repeater towers;	Yes	We have a solar electric system at the headquarters.	I need the ability to connect sensors in the field to a satellite link.;	Very important	Very important	I have worked hard to extend communications at SAEF both for research purposes and safety needs but there are still gaps in the system that urgently need to be filled.
Silas Little EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Meteorology; Fire;	T1 phone and data line; Cell phone;	Yes	We ran line power with buried cable to the main overstory flux towers, and included outlets for other research efforts (sapflux network, additional met towers, etc.).	Internet connectivity (because we have none); Faster internet connectivity (because ours is too slow to efficiently transfer high frequency sensor data);	Very important	Very important	We would like to have a wireless setup to the towers so that we could install a stand alone Smart Forest met station (we have all the sensors) and get our Phenocam back up and running.
Sinkin EF	Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger;	Meteorology; Vegetation; Soils;		No			Somewhat important	Somewhat important	N/A
South Umpqua EF	Data logger;			Yes
Stanislaus‑Tuolumne EF	Paper; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Soils;	Cell phone; Radio repeater towers;	No			Not important	Not important	The CCC era buildings that formerly housed research staff on the Experimental Forest were turned over to the district about 50 years ago. They are now seasonal housing. The research station doesn't have access to them, or the power that runs to them. Without any infrastructure, we have no need for IT improvements.
Starkey EF&R	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Traffic; Hydrology; Meteorology; Wildlife;	T1 phone and data line; Satellite links; Cell phone; Radio; Radio repeater towers;	Yes	Power to main headquarters, solar power at each of 8 radio towers strategically positions in EFR.	Faster internet connectivity (because ours is too slow to efficiently transfer high frequency sensor data); IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.); IT Software (for data processing, analytics, display, etc.); IT Support Staff for hardware; IT Support staff for software;	Important	Important	If we were to expand our data collection for hydro/weather, we need hardware and technical support to install these sensors.
Stephen F. Austin EF	Paper; Data logger;	Wildlife;	Cell phone; Radio;	No			Not important	Not important
Swain Mountain EF	Paper;			No			Not important	Not important
Sylamore EF				No		Internet connectivity (because we have none);	Somewhat important	Somewhat important
Tallahatchie EF				No			Not important	Not important	We don't really have ongoing research on the site because we have no funding to continue the understory study.
Teakettle EF	Paper; Tablet or other hand held field computer; Remotely sensed;	Hydrology; Soils;	Cell phone;	No		Electrical line power to a Headquarters site; Internet connectivity (because we have none);	Important	Important
Udell EF	Paper;			No		Internet connectivity (because we have none);	Not important	Not important
Vinton Furnace EF	Paper; Data logger;	Meteorology; Fire;	T1 phone and data line;	No			Somewhat important	Somewhat important
Wind River EF	Tablet or other hand held field computer; Data logger; Remotely sensed;	Meteorology; Soils;	T1 phone and data line;	Yes	power main tower and associated arrays	Electrical line power to field sites; Internet connectivity (because we have none); Faster internet connectivity (because ours is too slow to efficiently transfer high frequency sensor data); IT Hardware (computers, dataloggers, tablets, etc.); IT Software (for data processing, analytics, display, etc.);	Urgently needed	Urgently needed

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