NPRB Project 1020 Beringwatch/Island Sentinel Online Community-Based Monitoring Program in the Pribilof Islands

The current dataset represents data collection Online Community Based Ecological Monitoring in the Bering Sea. The online BeringWatch
database is a system developed to facilitate community based ecological monitoring efforts in Bering Sea villages. It is an online database
tool for non-scientists in remote locations to record and communicate environmental and ecological events. The system utilizes a database
structure developed and refined over the past 10 years by the Tanam Amgig^naan (Island Sentinel) Programs of St. Paul
and St. George Islands, Alaska. The online system has been successfully operating for several years (initial implementation phase) in a small
selection of remote Aleutian Island and Bering Sea communities.The system was designed to be flexible and expandable in order to accommodate
the diverse needs of multiple communities and the potential for more detailed data formats and languages. Recent upgrades to the system include
quality control mechanisms that are integrated directly into the system, data collection protocols, and a formalized external expert review panel.
The refinement of the system is also intended to facilitate usage by a broader user group within each community through the creation of a “Citizen Sentinel”
program. In order to accomplish this we have refined our data output mechanism to allow maximal exposure of data collection efforts, especially for the
purpose of community education and interaction with external scientists. An integral component of this effort is the consolidation and conversion of data
collected by the the Aleut Community of St. Paul-Tribal Government-Ecosystem Conservation Office (ECO) and the St. George Traditional Council Kayumixtax
Eco-Office from 2000 to 2011 into the new online database format. These datasets were archived as part of the North Pacific Research Board legacy project recovery effort undertaken by Axiom Data Science and NPRB in 2025. The goal of the recovery effort was to assess the NPRB-funded data projects from 2002 to 2014 and archive final data packages that were ready for publication to increase long-term accessibility and discoverability. Data packages were archived as is given limited funding and resources.