The KBFC database provides access to standardized PIT tag data submitted by tribal, state, federal and non-governmental organizations. Membership to KBFC is required to submit and access data, as well as agreement to the Data Sharing Agreement.
To facilitate the exchange of data between the KBFC Database and the data managers who submit these data, a Representational State Transfer (REST) Application Programming Interface (API) is maintained. The links below provide access to the policies, data and metadata standards, and the KBFC Database API.
KBFC Database
User interface to access and upload data
REST API
Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface for data exchange
Data Policy and Agreement
Data Sharing Agreement
Data Exchange Standards & Controlled Vocabulary
Formal rules for data elements shared with KBFC
Additional documents related to the KBFC Database can be found below.
A subset of these documents appear in the icons above.
| File | Description | File Date |
|---|---|---|
| Serial Magic Keys Manual 2025 Updated Feb 3, 2026 | This updated manual provides instructions for downloading and installing SerialMagicKeys software for use with KBFC Survey 123 forms. | 2026-02-03 |
| KBFC Controlled Vocab and Data Exchange Standards | The KBFC Data Exchange Standards and Controlled Vocabulary are a set of guidelines that define how data are structured, formatted, and shared between systems. | 2025-04-11 |
| KBFC Data Uploading Templates June 9 2025 | Updated version of the KBFC Data Uploading Templates. These are used to help member agencies standardize their data into a format that can easily be uploaded into the KBFC Data System. | 2025-07-09 |
| KBFC Database – Data Entry Guide | This Data entry guide is to help users with the process of uploading their standardized data in the KBFC data system. | 2025-07-15 |
| KBFC Survey123 Form – MRR Efforts and Records | The MRR (Mark, Recapture or Recovery) Efforts and Records form is used when fish are PIT tagged (i.e., marked), recaptured or recovered. This Esri Survey123 form captures data following KBFC data standards, ensuring seamless integration with the collaborative KBFC database. *Important* - After publishing the survey, copy all media folder contents to the published version's media folder to maintain proper survey functionality. | 2025-10-20 |
| KBFC Survey123 Form – Remote Deployments and Event Log | The Remote Deployments and Event Log form is used to document remote deployment (i.e., PIT tag detection) sites that you manage and significant events at these remote detection sites, such as power outages, equipment failures, or data loss events. This Esri Survey123 form captures data following KBFC data standards, ensuring seamless integration with the collaborative KBFC database. *Important* - After publishing the survey, copy all media folder contents to the published version's media folder to maintain proper survey functionality. | 2025-10-20 |
| KBFC Operating Guidelines Adopted Sept 2025 | The emergence of the Klamath Basin Fisheries Collaborative (hereafter, “KBFC” or the “Collaborative”) reflects an ambitious effort by many partners to monitor and evaluate Klamath River restoration opportunities in the face of an ecological system in crisis and several imperiled fish species requiring Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections. The KBFC is primarily focused on development and use of a common database that will broadly enable data sharing and, by extension, inform fisheries management and ecosystem restoration in the Klamath Basin (Basin). The KBFC adopted these operating guidelines on June 13, 2023 during the 2023 KBFC annual meeting held in Yreka, California to guide their collaborative efforts. The Operating Guidelines have been since updated to reflect the current needs of the KBFC in Sept 2025. | 2025-09-01 |
| KBFC Data Sharing Agreement | The KBFC Data Sharing Agreement states the purpose of data sharing, summarizes data access at different membership levels, sets standards and informs all parties involved in sharing of their roles and responsibilities. | 2024-06-11 |
| Python data conversion kit | The Python conversion kit is for entities that received a python script to convert your current data to the KBFC data templates. This folder contains the KBFC data templates, Python and PyCharm download instructions, and the tutorial for running the script to convert your data to the KBFC standardized templates. | 2024-11-25 |