New data summaries from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird platform will help state wildlife planners assess the status of bird populations that live in or pass through their state – a crucial tool in protecting species.
New data summaries from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird platform will help state wildlife planners assess the status of bird populations that live in or pass through their state – a crucial tool in protecting species.
A team of data scientists at eBird, the participatory science platform, has packaged summaries covering every bird species, in every state, and made them available online for free. These data summaries will help states prepare their federally required 2025 updates to State Wildlife Action Plans.
“As we began to work more closely with state agencies and regional conservation partnerships, we realized that we needed to significantly increase the accessibility of eBird information for these partners,” said Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez, assistant director of the Cornell Lab’s Center for Avian Population Studies and the driving force behind development of the state summaries.
“The state-level tables, charts and maps are an offshoot of eBird Status & Trends data products which analyze and visualize bird data submitted from all over the world,” said Andrew Stillman, a Rose Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cornell Lab. “By providing these customized summaries, state agencies don’t have to wrangle with big data and spatial tools. They get data targeted to the area they are responsible for. It’s much more efficient, saving them time and money.”
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