Standard Operating Procedures for the Risk Assessment Mapping Program (RAMP)

Standard Operating Procedures for the Risk Assessment Mapping Program (RAMP)
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The Risk Assessment Mapping Program (“RAMP”) is a mapping tool that uses the current geographic range of a species to predict the climate suitability of other geographic areas or future time periods. It was developed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) primarily to assist with risk assessment of nonnative aquatic wildlife and plants.

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