Our work is rooted in collaboration, shared knowledge, and open data. To support researchers, land managers, and educators working on forest resilience, we've curated this collection of trusted external data portals that complement our own datasets.
Whether you're modeling wildfire risk, planning fuel treatments, teaching climate science, or conducting research, we hope these resources help connect your work to the broader scientific community. Each portal has been selected for its data quality, accessibility, and relevance to climate resilience and landscape-scale decision-making.
by California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Statewide vegetation mapping and classification data supporting habitat management and fire planning.
by CalFire
Forest ownership, fire threat, fire history, fuel rank, biomass, and carbon data for California. Essential for state-level forest planning.
by Salo Sciences
Satellite-based forest monitoring system mapping wildfire hazard drivers including forest cover, structure, weather, and topography.
by California Natural Resources Agency
Comprehensive geospatial data hub covering natural resources, environment, transportation, land use, and more across California.
by Oregon Geographic Information Council (OGIC)
Oregon's centralized geospatial data platform covering natural resources, environment, boundaries, imagery, elevation, and hydrography.
by Oregon Department of Forestry
Forest cover, structure, and disturbance data with interactive map viewers and query tools for Oregon.
by Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Comprehensive GIS datasets and applications covering forest resources, land ownership, and natural resource management across Washington.
by USDA and US Forest Service
National-scale platform helping communities understand and reduce wildfire risk through interactive maps, downloadable data, and community-level risk assessments.
by US Forest Service
Comprehensive collection of forest resource data including boundaries, ownership, roads, trails, and insect/disease threats.
by Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium
Nationwide land cover data at 30m resolution updated regularly. Essential baseline data for landscape-scale analysis.
by USGS
Suite of base geospatial products including boundaries, elevation, hydrography, land cover, orthoimagery, structures, and transportation.
by Salo Sciences
CTrees is a non-profit that tracks carbon in every tree on the planet using cloud-based computing, artificial intelligence, satellite technology, and inventory plot data. Their data products help organizations measure, report, and verify the carbon in every tree, everywhere.
by Conservation Biology Institute
Data Basin is an online platform that provides access to thousands of scientific data sets and maps on topics such as biodiversity, climate change, conservation planning, and human well-being. Data Basin allows users to explore, create, share, and collaborate with data and maps.
by Google
Google Earth Engine is a platform that allows users to run geospatial analysis on Google’s cloud infrastructure. It provides access to a multi-petabyte catalog of satellite imagery and geospatial datasets, as well as a web-based code editor and a Python and JavaScript API. Users can use Google Earth Engine to detect changes, map trends, and quantify differences on the Earth’s surface.
by World Resources Institute
This is an interactive online platform that monitors forests worldwide using satellite imagery and other sources. It provides datasets on tree cover loss and gain; land use; fires; carbon emissions; biodiversity; protected areas; commodities; alerts; and more.
by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
This is a comprehensive assessment of the state of the world’s forests conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) every five years. It provides datasets on forest area; growing stock; biomass; carbon; change processes; disturbances; management practices; ownership; designated functions; policy instruments; employment; wood products production and trade; non-wood products production and value.
by University of Maryland
The Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) project is a research initiative at the University of Maryland, College Park, that provides open-source geospatial data and tools for monitoring global land cover change. The GLAD project uses satellite imagery to track changes in forest cover, forest structure, and other land cover types.
by Microsoft
Microsoft Planetary Computer is a platform that supports sustainability decision-making with the power of the cloud. It combines a multi-petabyte catalog of global environmental data with intuitive APIs, a flexible scientific environment, and applications that put the data in the hands of conservation stakeholders. Users can use Microsoft Planetary Computer to access and analyze data on topics such as climate change, biodiversity, water, energy, and human development.
by NASA
NASA Earth Observation Data is a collection of data sets and services that provide information about the Earth’s land, atmosphere, ocean, and biosphere. NASA Earth Observation Data includes satellite imagery, climate data, land cover data, and more.
by various partners and contributors
Open Aerial Map is an open service that provides access to a commons of openly licensed aerial imagery and map layer services. Open Aerial Map hosts imagery from satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from various sources. Users can download or contribute imagery to Open Aerial Map.
by UC San Diego
OpenTopography is an online platform that provides access to high-resolution topography data, tools, and resources for various applications in Earth science, engineering, and education. OpenTopography hosts lidar, radar, and photogrammetry data from different sources and regions, as well as global raster data at various resolutions. Users can explore, download, process, and visualize the data using web-based interfaces or APIs. OpenTopography also offers video tutorials, FAQs, online training, and a tool registry for users to learn more about geospatial data and its uses.
by World Resources Institute
Resource Watchby World Resources InstituteResource Watch is an online platform that provides trusted and timely data for a sustainable future. Resource Watch features hundreds of data sets covering topics such as climate change, biodiversity, water, energy, and human development. Users can explore, visualize, and share data on Resource Watch.
by UC San Diego
WIFIRE is a cyberinfrastructure project that integrates networked observations, data-driven simulation, and visualization to monitor and forecast wildfire behavior. WIFIRE provides tools and services for fire managers, researchers, and the public to access and analyze fire data and models.