BioFinder is a database and mapping tool for identifying Vermont's lands and waters that support important ecosystems, natural communities, habitats, and species. It features Vermont Conservation Design and was developed by the Agency of Natural Resources and partners to support stewardship, conservation, and land-use planning. BioFinder highlights networks of forests, streams and other features that together create the heart and backbone of Vermont's landscape and biodiversity.
Let's get started…
Explore these pages to get the most out of BioFinder:
- Launch BioFinder 4.0. Launch the BioFinder mapping tool, updated in 2024 with the newest Vermont Conservation Design data.
- What is Vermont Conservation Design? Scroll through an interactive Storymap that explains the science behind Vermont Conservation Design, as featured in BioFinder 4.0.
- Interpreting Results Read a short orientation to the default theme of BioFinder
- Creating BioFinder and Vermont Conservation Design Access detailed reports and documents for BioFinder and Vermont Conservation design, including an overview of the most recent update.
- Mapping Vermont’s Natural Heritage Page through an in-depth guidebook that describes the datasets in BioFinder, interprets them, and reviews strategies for conserving important ecological features.
- Resources: Watch instructional videos and access BioFinder tutorial handouts.
Contact Us
The Community Wildlife Program of the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department provides technical assistance related to the use of BioFinder and Vermont Conservation Design.
Contact Jens Hilke, Jens.Hilke@Vermont.gov, Conservation Planning Biologist, at Community Wildlife Program Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department.