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Biodiversity Mapping and Assessment Tool  Use

Informed decision-making is grounded in science. Learn to identify biodiversity hotspots on your landscape.

Dave Hoefler

How to Use the Prairie Biodiversity Mapping and Assessment Tool

Access the Prairie Biodiversity Mapping and Assessment Tool for data at your fingertips!

No need to download any programs – follow the steps below to launch and navigate the tool.

Toggle on/off data layer visibility by clicking the eye icon next to the layer name.

Defines what the colours of the data layers represent.

Click the +/- icons or use your computer mouse wheel to zoom in and out. Left click and drag your mouse cursor to pan around the map.

Return to the default map view by clicking this icon.

Click here to Launch the tool (may take a few seconds to load).

Once you are familiar with the icons, ensure you have the predicted number of species data layer selected.
Click anywhere on the map (within the boundary of the Prairies Ecozone) to view the predicted number of species pop-up.
Click “zoom to” in the pop-up for an up-close view of the data.
Close the pop-up to clear your selection.