To support the development of an ecological framework for E&P sites, a web-based GIS that will serve to organize and integrate numerous data sets from E&P sites is desirable. In this document we describe our work to date in developing protocols to: 1) acquire data, 2) assess its scope, quality, accuracy, precision, and applicability, 3) establish spatial data in a common projection system, 4) associate tabular data with spatial locations where useful, 5) preprocess or correct data as needed, and 6) maintain the data for the research consortium for use in models, analyses, presentations, and publications, as needed. This document will be revised as protocols are developed in greater detail.