The New York Natural Heritage Program (NYNHP), a partnership between the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), developed and currently maintains the Invasive Species Tiers ( “the Tiers”), which guide management prioritization for hundreds of invasives species with high invasive potential across New York State. Each year, NYNHP runs a spatial analysis to aggregate hundreds of thousands of species observation occurrences for invasive species in and near the state to generate population counts by species, which are then ranked to guide management decisions. After final expert review, the resulting Tier values are published to a public interactive data table which provides links to species distribution maps within iMapInvasives, as well as links to regional views by Tier Value. This presentation will cover: 1)A brief background of iMapInvasives and community biodiversity data collection platforms, 2)The process by which the Tiers are generated, 3)How these results are shared, and 4)The impact of the Tiers on invasive species management action and decisions.
NYNHP Invasive Species Tiers: https://www.nynhp.org/invasives/species-tiers-table/ NYNHP Invasive Species Tier Maps by PRISM: https://www.nynhp.org/invasives/species-tiers-maps/
