The Draft is Ready. Now We Need You.
Share your perspective on the state of nature in the U.S.
For the first time, there’s a shared draft of the state of nature in the United States, and you can help shape it.
The Nature Record National Assessment is open for public review through May 30, 2026. This holistic assessment brings together what we know about lands, waters, and wildlife and the benefits they provide: how nature supports our health, safety, food, jobs, and culture. It also examines how nature is changing.
This draft reflects years of careful work by authors, chapter leads, and staff who have worked tirelessly, reviewed sources, and strengthened every page. Now it’s ready for your input. We invite you to review it and add your perspective.
Why your voice matters
This assessment is built with the people and places it serves. It is grounded in science and informed by lived experience and local insight — each essential to understanding the full picture.
Your input will make the assessment stronger and help ensure the record reflects what’s happening across communities, across sectors, and across ways of knowing — from research and policy to business, stewardship, and education.
How to participate
You can comment on the full assessment, a chapter, or a single line. Make one comment or many.
A record is only as strong as the people who see themselves in it. This isn’t just a report about nature. It’s a reflection of how we choose to live with it — and with one another.
So read it. Mark it up. Disagree with it. Strengthen it. Tell us what we missed.
Use the power you have — the power of your experience, your ideas, your insights. Let’s build a record worthy of the places we love and the future we’re responsible for.
Submit feedback using the online tool. Or download a chapter, review it with a group, and upload your collective notes.
Visit naturerecord.org to explore the draft and share your feedback.