The tools, features and information offered throughout the AKN and within each of its nodes, has the capability of having a variety of uses. The AKN can be purely informational and educational for the general public, provide decision-support for developers or conservation managers, help researchers find bird data they need for analysis, or provide attractive data storage and management options for data owners. If you’re new to AKN, this page is designed to provide some examples of how the AKN tools, products and information can help inform certain questions by a particular audience or category of users.

Click on the category below that applies to a specific audience to see examples of how that audience might be able to use the resources in AKN.

 

Bird Conservation Organization

 

 

 

 

Bird Survey Data Owner

 

 

 

 

Federal or State Agency

 

 

 

 

General Public

 

 

 

 

Industry/Developer

 

 

 

 

University/Researcher