The Save Our Signs Project team needs your help – and soon. The Washington Post reported on Tuesday morning that sites across the country have been targeted for erasure, including Grand Canyon, Glacier, Big Bend, and Zion. Save Our Signs needs your help to document these educational materials before they disappear:
Today's guest post is from Tessera Strategies, in which they describe a recent development in evaluating the sustainability and responsiveness of data repositories during a crisis moment. If you manage a repository, consider participating in this important work. It was 2am early one morning in late January 2025
NPS signs and interpretive panels are now being removed from parks.
We are observing a bittersweet anniversary next week. From a positive angle, DRP has been part of an incredible community of public data advocates and volunteers. We are thankful for all of the wonderful people. But of course, "We should not be doing this," as Jessica Mahr of
As we approach the end of the first year of the Data Rescue Project, the DRP Steering Committee is hosting an Ask Me Anything (AMA). Join us on our Bluesky January 30, from 6-8pm Eastern where we’ll answer any questions you may have! Curious about the history of
Today, we have the seventh post in the series to help diverse audiences understand and support the federal statistical system. This post is from Barry Johnson, and provides an overview of different sources of federal data. Check out their first post in the series on the uses of public data
Welcome to 2026 data rescuers! We missed you. We are back in full swing after a refreshing break. 2026 has undoubtedly been more lion than lamb, but we are ready and ... roaring. We have a few updates for this month: * Office hours * We will hold some office hours after work
According to the CDC, “The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the nation’s premier system of health-related telephone surveys that collect state data about U.S. residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services.” The BRFSS collects data about topics
On December 17, we learned from news reports that the Trump administration planned to dismantle the National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). In response the Union of Concerned Scientists released a statement and a call for action. In addition, multiple organizations, including the Data Rescue Project, signed
“Plants and animals don’t fight the winter; they don’t pretend it’s not happening and attempt to carry on living the same lives that they lived in the summer. They prepare. They adapt. They perform extraordinary acts of metamorphosis to get them through.” - Katherine May, Wintering: The Power
Today, we have the sixth post in the series to help diverse audiences understand and support the federal statistical system. This post is from Barry Johnson, and provides an overview of different sources of federal data. Check out their first post in the series on the uses of public data
The following post was written by Frank Donnelly, the Head of GIS and Data Services at the Brown University Library and one of our DRP rescuers! The Data Rescue Project is pleased to announce that we have archived all of the data layers from the defunct HIFLD Open GIS repository