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The 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 Intermountain West. This map-based interfface allows users to view, query, and download data about density, occupancy, species counts for bird species of interest.

The 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 composed of multiple nodes in different geographical areas. The network and its nodes provide a number of tools for data entry, sharing, and analysis. The AKN resources can be used by a variety of audiences for a number of purposes including, but not limited to, aiding in decisions about conservation actions, project siting, or just learning about bird status and occurrence.

The 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 provides access to tools that can help landowners and managers understand current drought conditions, how they compare to previous years, what they can expect interms of forage production for the coming year, if they are likely to recieve rain that can help with forage production in the current year, and learn about options for managing drought. The Managing Drought on the Ranch toolkit is linked to a downloadable guide that managers and ranchers can use to develop a drought plan. The Managing Drought on the Ranch website contains a wealth of other information to learn about drought and what actions one can take to respond to dought. See CCAST webinar about the Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch toolkit and guide here: https://youtu.be/nIGerxDY4ms?t=2648

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 as a platform for citizen science initiatives. iNaturalist also contains open data that can be used by all.

Produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Birds of the World tool provides comprehensive life histories for all bird species and families.

The 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 the Avian Knowledge Network (AKN), along with a wealth of information about those birds including their conservation status and population size at various scales. The tool imports information from the Partners in Flight (PIF) Avian Conservation Assessment Database (ACAD) and the PIF Population Estimates Database, and also incorporates other supplemental information (e.g. conservation status on multiple scales, clutch size, bird weight, size and diet, primary habitat, photos and range maps) that might be helpful for permitting and making conservation and management decisions for birds.

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, species status, and species classification.

The 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 implications of future changes in biodiversity in the United States and U.S. Territories. Users can view and navigate through species occurance information in maps, tables, and photo galleries. Data is downloadable.

The 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: grasslands, riparian areas (rivers, streams, and desert washes) in Arizona, and riparian areas in Grand Valley, Colorado.

The Sonoran Joint Venture's Arizona Species & Habitat Accounts provide information about individual bird species pertinent to making land stewardship decisions. These accounts summarize key conservation details as well as recommended management activities to support birds. Species Accounts include both priority species for conservation, as well as birds that are good indicators of habitat health.