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NPSpecies is the National Park Service's web-based tool for documenting the occurrence and status of species in our national parks. NPSpecies gives parks, and NPS, a way to build, manage, maintain, and share park species lists. NPSpecies is part of the IRMA Portal (Integrated Resource Management Applications).
This is a new version of NPSpecies. Many changes have been made in order to make it easier to use and more streamlined.
Because this is a new version, there may be bugs or other problems that we haven't detected. If you find a problem or need help of any kind, send us an email at irma@nps.gov. We'll reply promptly.
- 3 Searching and Reporting
- 3.1 Get a Park Species List
- 3.2 Download or Print a Park Species List
- 3.3 Find the Parks Where a Species is Found (Find a Species)
- 3.4 Advanced Search
- 3.5 Search Logic in the Advanced Search
- 3.6 Search by Species or Species Group in the Advanced Search
- 3.7 Download Current Data
- 3.8 Snapshots
- 3.9 Species List widget and REST Web Services