Reporting Invasive Species in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
We need all hands on deck when it comes to reporting suspected invasive species sightings! Monitoring and reporting are an important part of controlling invasive species that managers use to make key decisions. Monitoring can identify new populations of invasive species while they are still small and able to be managed. The sooner you report sightings, the better chance of control.
It’s important to learn how to make quality reports for invasive species sightings and know where to report what you find. Find tips for making useful observations and where to report sightings in the GYE and beyond below.
Making Quality Reports
The first step to reporting possible invasive species sightings is learning how to capture quality observations. Quality reports include detailed descriptions of what you saw, along with clear photos taken from multiple perspectives and with recognizable size references.
Where to Report
The GYE spans across 3 states and is managed by a number of federal, state, and local groups. With all of these different jurisdictions to consider, it was be tough to know exactly where to submit reports. For reports within the GYE and beyond, we recommend using one of these nationally recognized online databases. Reports can be submitted either on their websites or through their free apps.
Reporting Tools
What's Next?
These databases are regularly checked by invasive species experts and managers to confirm new sightings. Quality reports are able to be verified online and are used by resource managers to directly impact where they monitor for invasive species and how they implement control efforts.
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This project is funded in part by
the Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee.
