

Widespread adoption and use of Wild Spotter is key to protecting our public lands.

Unlike, EDDMapS it is focused locally and focused on the non-traditional invasive species audiences. Wild Spotter is a tool that allows the general public to report invasive species in their favorite places. Wild Spotter is a nationwide effort to complete a comprehensive map and survey of prioritized invasive through on-the-ground activities accomplished by citizen science volunteers. Seek allows you to identify plants and animals from your photos by harnessing image recognition technology, drawing from existing data collected from observations on iNaturalist (no registration is required, and no user data is collected). Seek by iNaturalist is an educational tool and provides a kid-friendly alternative.

Share Observations - upload your findings to iNaturalist.Take Pictures - be sure to notice the location.Find Wildlife - it can be any plant, animal, fungi, slime mold or evidence of life found in the wild.Experience and record nature with species identification technology by downloading the iNaturalist app (Android and iPhone) - See Getting started: Get connected with a community of over 750,000 scientists and naturalists who can help you learn more about nature! By recording and sharing your observations, you’ll create research quality data for scientists working to better understand and protect nature. INaturalist helps you identify the plants and animals around you.
