Wildlife discovery should be useful without putting wildlife at risk.

What WildPins helps people do

Visitors can learn about wildlife, explore parks and protected areas, read field guides, review source standards, and browse public community content. Members can use additional tools to identify wildlife from photos or sounds, save discoveries, participate in discussions, share public wildlife photos, and build a record of outdoor experiences.

WildPins does not treat every data source as the same thing. A community sighting is an observation from a member. A park boundary may come from public map data. A regulation or closure should come from the responsible agency. A radar-based movement layer is a WildPins-derived estimate from weather-radar data and cannot identify a species by itself.

Why exact wildlife locations are limited

Precise coordinates can create problems for nests, dens, roosts, breeding sites, threatened species, and other sensitive wildlife. WildPins is built around broad public location context rather than exposing exact coordinates for sensitive observations. Public maps are intended to help people understand an area without turning a wildlife record into directions to a vulnerable animal.

The same principle applies to community posts: useful area context is welcome, but members should not publish exact nest, den, or sensitive-species locations.

How sources are handled

WildPins uses different sources for different jobs. Official agencies are the preferred source for regulations, permits, closures, seasons, and safety requirements. Open mapping sources can provide park and protected-area context. Community members provide observations, photos, sounds, and discussion. WildPins may also derive broad activity indicators from public datasets, but derived indicators are labeled so they are not confused with an official agency statement or species identification.

Read the WildPins Source Standards →

Community and moderation

Public community features are designed around wildlife-first participation. Reporting, blocking, moderation, and community guidelines help separate useful field discussion from harassment, unsafe location sharing, or misleading claims. Public posting requires an account and acceptance of the Community Guidelines.

Read the Community Guidelines →

Independent platform

WildPins is not a government wildlife agency and does not replace official regulations, emergency instructions, or professional wildlife guidance. When a decision depends on a law, closure, permit, season, or official safety notice, WildPins directs visitors to the responsible authority and keeps community commentary separate.

Available on web and mobile

The public website focuses on discovery, learning, community browsing, parks, and outdoor information. The WildPins mobile apps extend that experience into the field with identification, saved discoveries, maps, and account tools designed for a phone.

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