Information at the Montana Natural Heritage Program
The Montana Natural Heritage Program (MTNHP) is Montana's source for reliable and objective information on over 18,400 different species and habitats that occur in Montana, emphasizing those of conservation concern. The MTNHP has centralized over 6.5 million observation records and over 540,000 surveys for species, assigned conservation status ranks to over 5,100 species, constructed predicted habitat suitability models for over 3,000 species, and created predicted biodiversity layers for vertebrates, species of conservation concern, and noxious weeds. This and other information the MTNHP manages informs stakeholders in a variety of environmental review, permitting, and planning processes and it can be easily accessed by anyone on the program’s Montana Field Guide, Map Viewer, Species Snapshot and other web pages. Come learn how you can access information on the species and habitats of Montana, what is being done to address gaps in information, and how you can use tools like the iNaturalist application to contribute data that informs conservation of native species and contributes to the prevention and control of invasive species.
Bryce Maxell (PhD in Fish and Wildlife Biology from the University of Montana) is the Program Coordinator with the Montana Natural Heritage Program (MTNHP). He has worked with the MTNHP in various capacities dating back to 1996 and has led the program in since 2015. Bryce has conducted research on seaweeds in the Puget Sound, a number of species in Australia and New Zealand, and Harlequin Ducks, amphibians, reptiles, bats, and invasive species in Montana.
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