Dugway Proving Ground Natural History Collection (DUGWAY-DUG-ENT)

The Dugway Proving Ground Natural History Collection houses more than 1,100 specimens of plants, insects, spiders, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals collected primarily from the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground but also include some areas just outside the installation within Tooele County. The collection is used in support of the Army Mission on the West Desert of Utah, in scientific research, education and outreach efforts. One objective of this collection is to ensure preservation of species of concern and document localities and habitats for management of sensitive and/or rare species mandated by the endangered species act.

Contact:

Home Page: http://www.dugway.army.mil/

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal

Global Unique Identifier: b192dbaf-eae2-4613-a48c-5e9d0c4cca5c

DwC-Archive Publishing: https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/datasets/datapublisher.php

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Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)

Rights Holder: Dugway Proving Ground Natural History Collection

Access Rights: CC BY-NC

• 2,771 occurrence
• 2,459 (89%) georeferenced
• 1,230 (44%) with images
• 1,402 (51%) identified to species
• 222 families
• 639 genera
• 628 species
• 639 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)