About the Beginning with Habitat Map Viewer

The Beginning with Habitat (BwH) Map Viewer is an on-line, interactive version of our paper maps. The Map Viewer displays the most up-to-date BwH data and provides online mapping tools.

You can use the BwH Map Viewer to:

• search for animals and plants in a focus area or town
• select and print your own thematic maps
• view data on specific features
• draw on the map
• email maps to others

Go directly to the maps, or search for a town or focus area by following the links at the right.

For more information on the maps presented in the Map Viewer, including suggested map uses, descriptions of the data components and data limitations follow the links below:

• Water Resources & Riparian Habitats
• High Value Plant & Animal Habitat
• Undeveloped Habitat Blocks
• Public and Conservation Lands
• Wetland Characterization
• Priority Habitat for USFWS Trust Species
• Build A Map

In addition to providing the Map Viewer, BwH provides hardcopy maps on request and posts recent pdf versions of these maps on our website by town name. Contact BwH to request paper maps.

The BwH Map Viewer was made possible by the generous funding provided by LandScope America (NatureServe and National Geographic), the Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Gulf of Maine Program.

Disclaimer/Terms of Use:

BwH information is intended for planning purposes only. The data presented here represent the best available information provided through the Beginning with Habitat (BwH) coalition partners and should not be considered a comprehensive inventory of plant and animal occurrences and landscape conditions. Habitat features illustrated are based on limited field surveys, aerial photo interpretation, and computer modeling. Many areas have not been completely surveyed, so it is possible that features may be present that are not mapped. Some of the habitats and features displayed are regulated by the State of Maine through the Maine Endangered Species Act (Essential Habitats and threatened and endangered species occurrences) and Natural Resources Protection Act (Significant Wildlife Habitat). If activities are proposed that may affect at risk species, habitats, or natural communities depicted, consultations with regulating agency, MDIF&W Regional Biologists or MNAP Ecologists should occur. Contact BwH with questions regarding BwH, the map viewer or the information provided. Beginning with Habitat does not provide data for unorganized townships at this time.