# @usgs on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DGlkraRMF5G
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69013911-usgs-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/8ce127331e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-02-27T19:00:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (@USGS) — https://gondola.cc/USGS

## Caption

How can land managers predict if a new invader is coming their way? 🌱 Afterall, stopping invasive species before they spread is crucial for protecting healthy ecosystems and the economies that depend on them. For invasive plants, USGS’s Invasive Species Habitat Tool (INHABIT) can help!

INHABIT—built for managers and with managers—maps and produces datasets of how well over 250 invasive plant species would be able to survive in habitats in over 10,000 management areas across the contiguous United States.

App users can: 
•	View maps of habitat suitability for 259 invasive species of management concern 
•	Summarize invasion risk for specific management units and regions 
•	Download INHABIT data for field monitoring and to create watchlists of potential new invaders 

Newly released, version 4.0 includes additional management areas and invasive plant species, predictions for species occurrence and abundance, and an updated interface.

Stay ahead of the threat! Learn more about INHABIT and version 4.0 at the link in today's story and the Life highlight.

#NISAW #InvasiveSpecies #Invasive #Biosecurity

🎥 USGS video: A globe with a photo of a plant and a question mark over it, a photo of cheatgrass with a "no" symbol over it and a video of bison walking in a sagebrush ecosystem with a city in the background, a series of screenshots of the webtool "INHABIT", an iPAD with a map on it.

## Stats

- **Views:** 9,512
- **Likes:** 204
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## Tags

invasive, invasivespecies, nisaw, biosecurity

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