Tools & Tool Summaries

Tools:

• iNaturalist Invasives Monitor (AI-powered tool to provide alerts of potential novel or invasive species, based on observations submitted to iNaturalist of previously-unreported species within a defined area such as a state, county or park.)

• The BC Invasive Plant Core Ranking Process (Decision tool to help managers decide to actively manage/watch plants in BC.)

• Climate Smart Restoration Tool

• Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria (Database of herbarium specimens from herbaria throughout the PNW, US and Canada)

• CONUS Climate Console (explore climate projections across different areas in the US)

• National Phenology Network's Phenology Visualization Tool

• Pacific Northwest Climate Projection Tool

• Seedlot Selection Tool

• Washington State Noxious Weed Data Viewer (Map tool showing Washington State Department of Agriculture noxious weed detections)

• Weed Control User Tool (Decision support tool for non-chemical management of invasive plants) 

Databases & Resources:

• The Biota of North America Program

• Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE)

• Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria (Database of herbarium specimens from herbaria throughout the PNW, US and Canada)

• Guidelines for Climate-Smart Invasive Species Management

• iBiocontrol (Database of information and tools related to biological control)

• Non-indigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) information resource for the United States Geological Survey

• Oregon Invasive Species Hub

• The Western Governors’ Association list of the “Top 50 Invasive Species in the West”

Maps & Mapping Tools:

• Site Prioritization Tool for Invasive Species (Web-based tool produced by the U.S. Geological Survey that maps estimates of non-native species invasion risk by integrating a variety of climatic and environmental variables, including transport risk and projections of changes in key climate variables through the end of the century.)

• EDDMapS

• iMapInvasives

• Washington State Noxious Weed Data Viewer (Map tool showing Washington State Department of Agriculture noxious weed detections)