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  • NatureServe Vista 2.5 news release PDF file, (11.06.09)
  • Register and download NatureServe Vista 2.5 for free with unlimited use.
  • On-demand training and technical support for version 2.5 is available (version 1.3 is no longer supported). Contact us for pricing.
  • What‘s New in NatureServe Vista 2.5

Upcoming Releases

  • NatureServe will continue improving the software. Registrants will automatically be notified when new releases are available.

Products & Services

NatureServe Vista: Decision Support for Better Planning

NatureServe Vista is a powerful, flexible, and free decision-support system that helps users integrate conservation with land use and resource planning of all types.

Planners, resource managers, scientists, and conservationists can use NatureServe Vista to:

  • conduct conservation planning and assessments
  • integrate conservation values with other planning and assessment activities, such as land use, transportation, energy, natural resource, and ecosystem-based management.
  • evaluate, create, implement, and monitor land use and resource management scenarios designed to achieve conservation goals within existing economic, social, and political contexts.

With version 2.5, the fourth generation of the software, NatureServe Vista now integrates interoperability with NOAA?s N-SPECT software (a non-point source pollution and erosion comparison tool), as well as other hydrologic models to support integrated land-water assessment and planning. NatureServe Vista, which operates on the popular ESRI ArcGIS platform, also now supports ArcMap 9.2 and 9.3.

NatureServe Vista supports quantitative and defensible planning approaches that incorporate science, expert opinion, community values, and GIS. It works with a number of other useful software tools to incorporate land use, economics, and ecological and geophysical modeling. The flexible approach and structure of Vista is suitable for planning and GIS experts as well as non-experts with a minimum of training and support.

Software Support

We offer live and online helpdesk technical support, training programs, and consulting tailored to fit your needs and resources. Link to the web pages for descriptions of our services and information on how to contact us.