About the Wildlife Health Event Reporter

People engaging in their regular work or recreational activities have tremendous potential to observe and record events that may identify important changes in the environment. The Wildlife Health Event Reporter is an experimental tool that hopes to harness the power of the many eyes of the public to better detect these changes. Click on the Background Information link to learn more about WHER.

• Informational Materials for Distribution - Fact sheet, flyer, business cards, handouts

• Video Overview of WHER

• Background Information

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Informational Materials for Distribution

Please print and distribute these materials to your friends, colleagues and other interested persons. If you would like us to print and mail you copies, please contact us to make arrangements.

• WHER Fact sheet
  - Two-sided hand out, perfect for literature displays or meeting distribution
  - A high-level overview of the tool, its features and what to expect


• WHER Tear-Away Flyer
  - Perfect for kiosks or bulletin boards
  - Tear-off tabs with WHER URL


• WHER Business Cards Front | WHER Business Cards Back
  - Easy to hand out at meetings
  - Keep in your wallet to remember the URL when you need it


• Three-Panel WHER Brochure
  - Concise overview of the WHER application
  - Appropriately formatted for mailing


• WHER Single-Panel Leaflet
  - Prints 3/page in 8.5" X 11" size
  - Concise overview of the WHER application
  - Makes a good bookmark!

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WHER Video Overview

Watch a short two-minute video about the WHER application.

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Background Information on WHER

This web application was designed to record wildlife mortality observations by citizens concerned about dead or sick wildlife.

Observations collected by the system include:
• What type of animal or species was seen and the total number of animals observed?
• Where were the animal(s) observed?
• When were the animal(s) observed?
• What actions were taken? For example, the animal(s) was/were left as found, removed or sent elsewhere for investigation.
• Comments about noteworthy details about the wildlife observation event

After being entered, these observations can be joined with other wildlife observation reports, viewed in tabular reports or on a map, enabling people to see where similar events are happening.

Will I be contacted about the information I provided?

If the information you provided needs to be investigated in more detail, a wildlife health professional will contact you using the information you provided with your log in account. If you did not make your contact information available, you will not be contacted.

Who developed this site?

This project is a collaborative effort of the Wildlife Data Integration Network and their partners:
• USGS National Wildlife Health Center
• University of Wisconsin Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
• University of Wisconsin Division of Information Technology (DoIT)