Projects
Interactive tools and applications built for exploring environmental data.
KnowKi
Learn to recognize the plants and animals around you by sight. Lessons come from research-grade iNaturalist observations near your chosen place, and spaced recall turns each species into kin. Includes a five-species Daily, trips to every U.S. national park, and Field Bingo to send you outside.
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Public Lands Tracker
Track your visits to America's wilderness areas, national parks, and national forests. Toggle layers, search by name, and watch your progress across 1,350+ public lands. Saves automatically in your browser.
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iNat Rarity Explorer
Discover which of your iNaturalist observations are the rarest on Earth. Ranks every taxon you've logged by its global observation count, with an interactive lollipop chart and a sortable table linking back to each record.
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SeedFinder
Given a place and a date, which native plants have collectible seed right now? Models seed-ripening windows from iNaturalist phenology annotations, with field photos of ripe fruit, handling notes, and a log that tracks each lot through stratification to germination.
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Santa Barbara Wildlife Crossings
Where should Caltrans build or retrofit wildlife crossings on Santa Barbara County's state highways? Combines community-science roadkill, culvert and bridge inventories, traffic, night stopping-sight distance and terrain to rank every half-kilometer of highway, with a 3D satellite tour of each type of solution.
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