Wild Spotter2.2.1 - App Store

Wild Spotter aims to protect America's wild places from non-native plants, pathogens, and animals which outcompete our native species and threaten the biodiversity and health of every aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem.

Promote Awareness
America's wild places are home to beauty, diversity, and reflection yet they are under attack from invasive species. A goal of Wild Spotter is to bring awareness to the public about which species are invading, how to identify them, and how these species are spreading.

Engage The Public
You can help us fight back against harmful invaders by becoming a Wild Spotter volunteer or partner. By downloading the app on your smartphone, you can start collecting vital data on what species are invading, where they are located, and the extent of their invasion; All while you are enjoying the great outdoors.

Defeat Invasives
With the data collected by you, our team can create effective management strategies to defeat these invaders. You are helping to create the first-ever nationwide inventory of invasive species in America's natural areas.

Protect Natural Areas
By creating management plans and assembling an inventory of invasive species, you are helping to protect recreational activities, such as fishing, hunting, climbing, as well as clean water, abundant wildlife, and all benefits of being outdoors.

Version History • Minor update for how Wild Places are updated from the server.

For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in-app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu 2.2.1 Jul 28 • Improved Map Experience: Wild Spotter now fetches wild place boundaries directly from our web services and downloads them to your device. This provides clearer, more accurate display of protected wild areas, national forests, parks, and other key locations right on the map—helping you spot and report invasives more effectively.
• Easier Species Management for Custom Wild Places: Added clear step-by-step instructions to help you add and assign species when creating new wild places, making it simpler to customize and track invasives in your chosen areas.
• We’ve also updated the account registration form for better clarity and ease of use.

For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in-app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu 2.2.0 Mar 14 Explore invasive species data like never before! We’ve enhanced the map section to make finding verified records easier and more intuitive. Now, simply pan to a location on the map, tap the circular blue button with the plus icon, and select “Search Area” to retrieve verified records for that region. This update streamlines your ability to discover and report invasive species while enjoying America’s wild places. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu 2.1.0 09/01/2025 Parks information will update automatically when navigating to the Change Wild Place page. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu. 2.0.4 05/29/2025 Updated User Guide and frameworks for performance enhancement. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu. 2.0.3 04/19/2025 Rate Wild Spotter from with the app. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu. 2.0.2 02/24/2025 Added a feedback option to the drawer menu. The help pages have been made available from the initial intro pages so the instruction for how to get out of the intro pages is accessible. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu. 2.0.1 02/08/2025 Completed UI scheme change and asynchronous network calls for Wild Place Mangament. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us at bugwood@uga.edu. 2.0.0 02/06/2025 Updated UI to keep text displaying legibly when accessibility settings are set to make them bigger. Species management is handled asynchronously. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us at bugwood@uga.edu. 1.5.1 12/14/2024 Wild Spotter has a fresh new look. Some changes and improvements include updated network calls, better error handing and help popups to better understand how to use the app. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us at bugwood@uga.edu. 1.5.0 12/05/2024 We have updated references for newer devices so they are recognized by the feedback feature. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu. 1.4.5 08/21/2024 A map has been added to the report form to help better identify the location of a report. The Edit Location button has been redesigned to make the action of the button more intuitive. Polygons can be sketched from the Edit Location scene. All search bar text color has been changed to make text more readable. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu. 1.4.4 06/10/2024 Minor fixes and compliance additions. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu. 1.4.3 05/14/2024 Bug fix to load wild places from the server when selecting or changing user selected wild place. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu. 1.4.2 12/11/2023 Minor update to repair internal procedures to understand crash reports. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu. 1.4.1 09/17/2023 Added the ability to create custom wild places, multiple images for species, and a selectable preference to automatically upload reports as they are created. If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions, please contact us at bugwood@uga.edu. 1.4.0 04/19/2023 Moved Login action to main drawer so it would be easier to find. 1.3.3 12/05/2022 Bug fix for species thumbnail link. 1.3.2 10/24/2022 Added Help views to main app page. Changed species thumbnails. Added better formatting for species details text. 1.3.1 10/05/2022 New National Checklists for users to track what national locations they have visited. 1.3.0 09/08/2022 User Interface improvements. 1.2.4 07/20/2022 minor update to associate reports to selected wild place. 1.2.3 08/17/2021 -Minor bug fix to keep the report map button from seeming unresponsive. 1.2.2 07/14/2021 Added polygon functionality for infestation indication. 1.2.1 07/12/2021 -Added Downloadable map overlays for selected Wildplace. 1.2.0 06/29/2021