ForestOp · MAP-04 · KY Wildlife T&E + GBIF

SOURCE

USFWS IPaC · KSNPC · KDFWR · GBIF v2 · iNaturalist · eBird

obs window 2018–2025 · n > 1.84M observations

LAYERS

1·BASE 2·DBNF 3·KSNPC 4·T&E HOT 5·GBIF 6·iNat 7·BIAS

SAMPLING-BIAS HATCH

Under-observed counties · <2 obs/km² · Lane-4 finding

T&E HOTSPOTS

≥3 listed spp. Critical hab.

SECTION 7 LANDSCAPE · KYUSFWS · 2018–2025

Federally listed species (KY)37

Critical habitat designations11

Sec. 7 consultations · annual~480

Bat-driven consultations62%

Cumberland mussel cluster14 listed

DBNF acres in T&E overlap~318k ac

GBIF / iNat / eBird CROSSVALL4 · 2026-05-01

iNat 2024 obs · KY: ~412,000 (vs eBird ~1.1M, GBIF ~1.84M aggregate)
Coverage skew — Bluegrass + Daniel Boone NF over-sampled; W KY underweight
Bias counties — Robertson, Carlisle, Hickman, Ballard, Trimble, Owen, Cumberland — <2 obs/km²
Validated detections · cross-platform agreement: 94.6% (raptors); 71.4% (cryptic mammals)
Pollinator ledger — KY native bee gap = 23% lower than KS/MO peer states

KSNPC + KDFWR PRIORITIESL9·L11 GOVERNANCE

SWAP-2025 priority spp · 412 (98 G1/G2 globally rare)
KSNPC element-occurrence DB · ~38k records · ForestOp ingest cleared
USFS DBNF MIS species · 15 with active monitoring (cerulean warbler, IBA bat sites)
2026 ask · auto-flag Sec. 7 trigger overlap on every Atlas parcel touch

Bat · IB

Indiana Bat

FED-E

Bat · NL

N. Long-eared

FED-E

Bat · GR

Gray Bat

FED-E

Mussel

Cumberlandian combshell

FED-E

Crayfish

Big Sandy crayfish

FED-T

Plant

Running buffalo clover

FED-T (recov)

Bird

Cerulean warbler

SGCN · MIS