  As part of a broader effort to characterize the population of star-forming
galaxies in the local universe, we have carried out an H-alpha+[NII] imaging
survey for an essentially volume-limited sample of galaxies within 11 Mpc of
the Milky Way. This paper describes the design of the survey, the observation,
data processing, and calibration procedures, and the characteristics of the
galaxy sample. The main product of the paper is a catalog of integrated H-alpha
fluxes, luminosities, and equivalent widths for the galaxies in the sample. We
briefly discuss the completeness properties of the survey and compare the
distribution of the sample and its star formation properties to other large
H-alpha imaging surveys. These data form the foundation for a series of
follow-up studies of the star formation properties of the local volume, and the
properties and duty cycles of star formation bursts in dwarf galaxies.
