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- Decision Support ToolsThe Land Treatment Exploration Tool (LTET) is designed to assist land managers with the rangeland restoration and/or rehabilitation planning process. The tool assembles information about a site,…Geographical Scope USATool Type MapTopic Vegetation Management, Restoration, Fire, Climate
- Decision Support ToolsCollaborative Mapper lets multiple users interactively create and edit geospatial data. No more sending multiple files back and forth. Start a map, invite collaborators, and seamlessly edit the data…Geographical Scope USATool Type MapTopic Collaboration
- Decision Support ToolsThe Fish and Wildlife Service's on-line mapper contains data for active, proposed, and final critical habitat for threatened and endangered wildlife and plant species. In addition to information…Geographical Scope USATool Type MapTopic Wildlife, Threatened and Endangered Species, Regulatory
- Decision Support ToolsThe National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Standards for Prescribed Fire Planning and Implementation establishes national interagency standards for the planning and implementation of prescribed…Geographical Scope USATool Type Reference Document, WorkbookTopic Fire, Regulatory
- Decision Support ToolsThe National Fire Situational Awareness map contains relevant information about current fires including fire outlines, size, perimiter and more that is updated frequently.Geographical Scope USATool Type Map, WebAppTopic Fire
- Decision Support ToolsThe Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) is an online collection of peer-reviewed syntheses on fire effects and fire regimes in the United States designed to meet the needs of resource managers…Geographical Scope USATool Type Reference DocumentTopic Fire, Vegetation Management, Wildlife
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7 Fuelcast
Fuelcast is a map-based resource that leverages Google Earth Engine and Tensorflow to process near real-time weather and remote sensing data, providing in season forecast estimates of the magnitude…Geographical Scope Western USATool Type Map, WebAppTopic Fire, Climate - Decision Support ToolsGrass-Cast indicates for ranchers and other grassland managers whether plant productivity (in pounds per acre) is likely to be above-normal, near-normal, or below-normal in the upcoming growing…Geographical Scope Great Plains, Southwestern USATool Type Map, WebAppTopic Vegetation Management, Grazing Management
- Decision Support ToolsThe Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP) is an innovative online tool that quickly visualizes and analyzes vegetation data for the United States. RAP can display continuous vegetation cover where users…Geographical Scope Western USATool Type Map, WebApp, ToolkitTopic Monitoring, Grazing Management, Woody Plant Management
- Decision Support ToolsEcoRestore is a one stop shop for all things ecological restoration in Arizona. It includes a quiz-based decision support too to help select appropriate species based on location, soil, ecology, and…Geographical Scope ArizonaTool Type Toolkit, WebAppTopic Restoration
- Decision Support ToolsThe Climate Smart Restoration Tool (CSRT) is a collaboration between the US Forest Service, Oregon State University, Bureau of Land Management and the Conservation Biology Institute. The CSRT was…Geographical Scope USATool Type MapTopic Restoration
- Decision Support ToolsThe Land Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS) tools allow users to learn about the land and produce site-specific data at any specific location in the world. The mobile app can help users understand…Geographical Scope GlobalTool Type Toolkit, WebAppTopic Soils
- Decision Support ToolsWeb Soil Survey (WSS) provides soil data and information produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey. It is operated by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and provides access…Geographical Scope USATool Type Map, ToolkitTopic Soils
- Decision Support ToolsSoilWeb Apps provide a variety of map-based tools that can access USDA-NRCSS detailed soil survey data (SSURGO) for most of the United States.Geographical Scope USATool Type Toolkit, MapTopic Soils
- Decision Support ToolsVegetation GIS Data System (VGS) is a suite of software applications for recording, managing and using vegetation and other ecosystem related data. The suite provides electronic tools for recording…Geographical Scope GlobalTool Type Software, WebApp, Mobile AppTopic Monitoring
- Decision Support ToolsThis web map application was created to simplify the display of MOD44B data in the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance's area of interst as a time series. MOD44B is remote sensed data (MODIS)…Geographical Scope ArizonaTool Type Map, WebAppTopic Woody Plant Management, Monitoring
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17 InciWeb
InciWeb contains data about current wildfires, prescribed burns, and burned area emergency responses (BAER). It can help grassland managers and restoraiton practitioners know about fires in their…Geographical Scope USATool Type MapTopic Fire - Decision Support ToolsThe Adaptation Workbook is a structured process to consider the potential effects of climate change and design land management and conservation actions that can help prepare for changing conditions.…Geographical Scope USATool Type Toolkit, WebApp, WorkbookTopic Climate
- Decision Support ToolsThe Standard Precipitation Index Explorer Tool is a helpful tool for understanding severity of drought. The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) is a widely used drought index that has several…Geographical Scope Western USATool Type Map, WebAppTopic Climate, Drought, Grazing Management
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20 DroughtView
DroughtView is a tool that allows users to compare vegetation and climate data for any region of interest in the USA, northern Mexico and southern Canada. DroughtView allows users to monitor and…Geographical Scope USATool Type Map, WebApp, DataTopic Drought, Fire, Grazing Management - Decision Support ToolsThe Arizona State Land Department Parcel Viewer is a tool that allows users to see land ownership type across the state of Arizona. It contains data layers for land ownership type, trust parcels,…Geographical Scope ArizonaTool Type Map, WebAppTopic Land Use and Ownership
- Decision Support ToolsThe Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Rangeland Viewer provides a dynamic platform for visualization and comparison of multi-temporal geospatial data of shrub and grassland ecosystems in…Geographical Scope Western USATool Type Map, Data, WebAppTopic Monitoring, Woody Plant Management, Invasive Species
- Decision Support ToolsThe Borderlands Avian Data Center (BADC) is a regional node of the Avian Knowledge Network (AKN). It provides a platform for data organization, sharing and coordination of standardized monitoring…Geographical Scope Southwestern USA, Northern MexicoTool Type Data, ToolkitTopic Birds
- Decision Support ToolsIPaC is a project planning tool that streamlines the USFWS environmental review process. Users can quickly and easily view their project or activity’s potential impacts on U.S. Fish…Geographical Scope USATool Type Map, Reference Document, WebAppTopic Regulatory, Wildlife, Threatened and Endangered Species
- Decision Support ToolsThis tool provides a special status species list for Phase I Environmental Compliance and NEPA documents, and provides information and guideline links for incorporating wildlife conservation into…Geographical Scope ArizonaTool Type Map, WebAppTopic Wildlife, Invasive Species
- Decision Support ToolsThe Sonoran Joint Venture's Arizona Species…Geographical Scope Southwestern USA, Northern MexicoTool Type Reference DocumentTopic Birds
- Decision Support ToolsThe Tucson Audubon Society provides several guides for landowners seeking to improve bird habitat on their land. This page links guides about improving bird habitat in three critical ecosystems:…Geographical Scope ArizonaTool Type Reference DocumentTopic Birds
- Decision Support ToolsThe Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) provides access to species occurrence data (presence and absence), analyses and investigations of species trends, drivers of change, and potential…Geographical Scope USATool Type Data, Map, Reference DocumentTopic Wildlife, Monitoring
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29 Nature Serve
The NatureServe Explorer is a conservation database that contains information on over 100,000 plants, animals, and the ecosystems they live in. Users can search through information by location,…Geographical Scope USA, MexicoTool Type Data, Map, Reference DocumentTopic Wildlife, Monitoring - Decision Support ToolsThe Rapid Avian Information Locator (RAIL) tool allows the user to query a specific geographic location and return a list of birds that are known to occur in that area based on the underlying data in…Geographical Scope USA, MexicoTool Type Map, DataTopic Birds, Monitoring
- Decision Support ToolsProduced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Birds of the World tool provides comprehensive life histories for all bird species and families.Geographical Scope GlobalTool Type Reference DocumentTopic Birds
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32 iNaturalist
iNaturalist ia a tool (web and phone based application) that helps users identify and learn about plant and animal species. It is also a helpful tool to record and share observations and can be used…Geographical Scope GlobalTool Type WebApp, Mobile AppTopic Wildlife, Monitoring, Citizen Science - Decision Support ToolsThe National Drought Mitigation Center provides access to a number of tools developed by the University of Nebraska to help ranchers monitor drought. This Managing Drought on the Ranch toolkit…Geographical Scope USATool Type WebAppTopic Drought
- Decision Support ToolsThe Avian Knowledge Network (AKN) provides a platform for data organization, sharing and coordination of standardized monitoring efforts, as well as data analysis and visualization tools. The AKN is…Geographical Scope USATool Type Data, ToolkitTopic Birds
- Decision Support ToolsThe Rocky Mountain Avian Data Center serves as the portal for avian information collected by the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies and our collaborators in the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, and…Geographical Scope Western USATool Type WebApp, DataTopic Birds
- Decision Support ToolsThe Avian Conservation Assessment Database (ACAD) contains biological information used and generated by the Partners In Flight (PIF) Species Assessment Process, a peer-reviewed, scientific…Geographical Scope USA, Canada, Mexico, Central AmericaTool Type DataTopic Birds
- Decision Support ToolsThe Partners in Flight (PIF) Population Estimates Database is intended to: provide access to the latest USA/Canada landbird population estimates at a variety of geographic scales (global, continental…Geographical Scope USA, Canada, Mexico, Central AmericaTool Type DataTopic Birds
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38 Ebird
A collaborative enterprise with hundreds of partner organizations, thousands of regional experts, and hundreds of thousands of users, eBird is managed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. eBird is a…Geographical Scope GlobalTool Type WebApp, Mobile AppTopic Birds, Citizen Science, Monitoring - Decision Support ToolsThe North American Bird Conseration Initiative's (NABCI) Resource Directory is a searchable database of resources related to bird conservation. Search by keyword or category to find relevant…Geographical Scope North AmericaTool Type WebApp, Data, ToolkitTopic Birds
- Decision Support ToolsEEFlux (Earth Engine Evapotranspiration Flux) is a version of METRIC (Mapping Evapotranspiration at high Resolution with Internalized Calibration) that operates on the Google Earth Engine system.…Geographical Scope GlobalTool Type Map, DataTopic Climate
- Decision Support ToolsData catalog of publicly available earth system raster datasets from Google.Geographical Scope GlobalTool Type Map, DataTopic Climate
- Decision Support ToolsThe U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit helps users document climate hazards that could harm the things they care about, decide which situations they most want to avoid, and come up with workable…Geographical Scope USATool Type Toolkit, WorkbookTopic Climate
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43 MyRAINge Log
My RAINge Log is an easy-to-use tool to help track actual rainfall and facilitate better land management. The platrofm brings together cutting edge web technology, climate data, and visualization…Geographical Scope USATool Type WebApp, Mobile AppTopic Climate, Collaboration, Drought - Decision Support ToolsThe Early Detection and Distributtion Mapping System (EDDMapS) is a web-based mapping system for documenting invasive species and pest distribution. It is fast, easy to use, and doesn't require…Geographical Scope USA, CanadaTool Type Map, Data, Mobile AppTopic Invasive Species
- Decision Support ToolsTrends.Earth is a free and open source tool to understand land change: the how and why behind changes on the ground. Trends.Earth allows users to draw on the best available information from across a…Geographical Scope GlobalTool Type Map, DataTopic Monitoring
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46 iBiocontrol
iBiocontrol is a repository of informatoin on biological control (biocontrol) of undesirable plant species (weeds). Biological control reunites host-specific natural enemies from a weed's native…Geographical Scope USATool Type ToolkitTopic Invasive Species - Decision Support ToolsHandbook for the use of Ecologically Based Invasive Plant Management produced by USDA ARS for annual invasive grasses.Geographical Scope USATool Type Reference DocumentTopic Invasive Species, Restoration
- Decision Support ToolsThe Soil Health Institute curates a searchable list of resources and tools related to soil health. Search through links, documents, videos and more in a number of categories that may be of interest…Tool Type Toolkit, DataTopic Soils
- Decision Support ToolsGuide for the use of herbicides in weed and brush control in rangelands produced by Texas Tech University. Contains an extensive table of chemicals, their target plants, and guidelines for their use…Geographical Scope USATool Type Reference DocumentTopic Invasive Species
- Decision Support ToolsStreamStats is a Web-based Geographic Information Systems (GIS) application that provides users with access to an assortment of analytical tools that are useful for a variety of water-resources…Geographical Scope USATool Type Map, WebAppTopic Monitoring
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Full-text publications from the Australian Rangelands Society (ARS) Biennial Conference Proceedings (1997-), Rangeland Journal (ARS/CSIRO; 1976-), plus videos and other resources about the rangelands of Australia.
Rangeland-related documents from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, including articles, books, meeting reports, proceedings and studies published by FAO, or prepared in collaboration with FAO.
Articles, citations, reports, websites, and multimedia resources focused on rangeland ecology, management, restoration, and other issues on rangelands around the world.
Data and information on land governance and land use from diverse sources, produced by governments, academia, international organizations, indigenous peoples and NGOs and curated by the Land Portal Foundation.
Citations and enhanced abstracts for journals articles and documents focused on rangeland ecology and management. RSIS is a collaboration between Montana State University, University of Idaho, and University of Wyoming.
Scholarly peer-reviewed articles published by the Society for Range Management. Access articles on a rolling-window basis from vol. 1, 1948 up to 5 years from the current year. Formerly Journal of Range Management (JRM). More recent content is available by subscription from SRM.
Practical, non-technical peer-reviewed articles published by the Society for Range Management. Access articles on a rolling-window basis from vol 1, 1979 up to 3 years from the current year. More recent content is available by subscription from SRM.
Articles, citations, reports, websites, and multimedia resources focused on rangeland ecology, management, restoration, and other issues on American rangelands.
Journal articles from the Grassland Society of Southern Africa (GSSA) African Journal of Range and Forage Science as well as related articles and reports from throughout the southern African region.
Oral presentation and poster titles, abstracts, and authors from the Society for Range Management (SRM) Annual Meetings and Tradeshows, from 2013 forward.