What is EDDMapS?
- Real time tracking of invasive species occurrences
- Local and national distribution maps
- Electronic early detection reporting tools
- Library of identification and management information
What are Invasive Species?
- Any species that is non-native to the ecosystem under consideration and whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health. These non-native species may compete with and displace the associated flora and fauna communities.
How Can I Help?
- Educate yourself on known invasive species in your area
- Never plant, transmit, spread, or release invasive species
- Report invasive species occurrences to EDDMapS
How Can I Access the Data?
- State and County Distribution Maps
- Point Maps
- Using GIS software such as ArcGIS
- Custom Queries and Downloads to XLS, KML and Shapefiles
Can I Report from a Smartphone?
- Yes, regional apps are available for iPhones, iPads and Android devices. These apps include high-resolution images, descriptions and distribution maps. Users can take pictures and use the built in GPS to quickly report from the field.
Are Educational Resources Available?
- Yes, EDDMapS is developed and run by the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health that runs the Bugwood Image Database System and Bugwood Wiki. These resources provide over 50,000 images and over 1000 articles on invasive species.
Who is Involved?
- Forty U.S. States and Four Canadian Provinces have active EDDMapS programs. EDDMapS has national support from the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Park Service, National Institute of Food and Agriculture and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Do you accept Bulk Data?
- Yes, data can be submitted through the My EDDMapS page via the "Upload Data" link. Directions for data collection and entry, templates for data collection, and a data dictionary are available on the Tools & Training page. File types accepted are csv, xls/xlsx, kml/kmz, gbd, and gis files.
EDDMapS Midwest (formerly the Great Lakes Early Detection Network) is a collaboration among multiple stakeholders working to rapidly respond to new invasive species sightings in the Great Lakes and Midwestern states (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio). To accomplish this, we have developed this website and associated smartphone and tablet app to make it easy to report locations of invasive species. We have developed a web-based alert system that emails users when new sightings for species or areas of interest are entered into our member data management systems. As new sightings are reported, a network of professionals will be available to verify new sightings and natural resource managers will be notified to take appropriate management actions.
The website will serve as a communication tool to facilitate volunteer networks. Through these partnerships, we hope to make effective early detection and rapid response a reality.
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1,918,911 County Reports
1,667,370 Point Reports
2,383 Species
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