Environmental data management (EDM) is the process of planning, collecting, organizing, storing, sharing, and communicating environmental data to ensure it is accurate, accessible, and useful for decision-making. Effective environmental data management supports the entire data lifecycle, helping environmental professionals maintain data quality, improve efficiency, and maximize the value of environmental information.
The Environmental Data Management Best Practices (EDM-1, 2022) resource provides practical guidance and best practices for environmental data management through fact sheets, subtopic sheets, checklists, case studies, interactive tools, and supporting documents. The resource is designed specifically for state, tribal, and federal environmental staff, as well as others (including stakeholders, project managers, and decision-makers), to gain a working knowledge of best practices for environmental data management.
Topic(s): Data Management, Environmental Data Management, Optimization
