PRELIMINARY • EARLY PROTOTYPE
Crowdsourcing the structural intelligence behind global conservation
Improving the world - one node at a time
ConservaNode reads public government documents, keeps only the facts (species, places, routes, dates) and links each one back to its official source. Today it covers U.S. Federal Register wildlife notices, and illicit-trade cases from U.S. federal press releases are the first new area. Everything here is machine-extracted and not yet verified by people. See how it works and the three pillars.
Explore the Wildlife & Groups Network
Every animal and plant in our public records is connected to its biological group, the habitats where it lives, the laws that protect it, and related wildlife. Click any group hub or animal node to explore.
What Is Happening in My Locality? How Can I Help?
Select your U.S. state on the map below (or choose a region) to see which local animals, rivers, and habitats appear in recent federal conservation rules—and how everyday citizens can participate.
How Can I Help? 4 Real Ways Citizens Shape Wildlife Protection
Read Full Citizen Action Guide →Comment on Open Rules
Under federal law (5 U.S.C. § 553), agencies must read and answer substantive public comments before finalizing species rules. Every notice on this site links directly to its official federalregister.gov docket.
Contribute Local Sightings to 90-Day Reviews
6 notices in our dataset are 90-Day Citizen Petition Reviews (such as Coastal Chinook Salmon and Atlantic Horseshoe Crab), where agencies ask residents and naturalists for local range and habitat data.
Respect Local Critical Habitat & Closures
Notices designate critical rivers and seasonal closures, from river basins to public lands, so imperiled wildlife can breed and recover.
Join Public CITES Treaty Hearings
Before global wildlife trade summits (CITES CoP20), the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service holds public meetings and invites citizen recommendations on international species protections.
Biodiversity & Evidence Breakdown
Recent Wildlife Protection Actions
Browse all 1 notices →Revision to and █████████ of ████████ of an Information ██████████; Endangered Species Regulations and Forfeiture Procedures
Official title: Revision to and █████████ of ████████ of an Information ██████████; Endangered Species Regulations and Forfeiture Procedures (Summary generated by rule from the title and extracted facts)
More Ways to Explore
World Regulatory Map
Interactive global map showing wildlife notice density and documented species ranges across nations.
Animal & Plant Groups
Browse wildlife species with common names across mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, invertebrates, and plants.
Notice Timeline
Inspect monthly publishing patterns and chronological plain-language notice summaries.
Plain-Language Guides
Understand the Lacey Act, Endangered Species Act, CITES trade controls, and evidence honesty.
How This Site Works (In Plain English)
1. Clear Evidence Labels
We always tell you whether a government notice states a fact directly or simply mentions two things in the same document:
STATED (the notice says this directly)
INFERRED (appears in the same notice; may not state a direct link)
Every single fact links straight back to the official government notice so you can check it yourself.
2. Honest Coverage Notes
In this early prototype, some notices were read from their summary (title and abstract) and others from their opening pages (~3,500 characters). Every notice page clearly states how much of the document was read.
3. Meaningful Wildlife Connections
In our interactive graph, animals are linked when they share a specific habitat (like a state, river basin, or island) or appear together in a focused conservation rule—never lumped together just because they both occur somewhere in the United States.