The Wildlife Information Network (WIN) is a national effort to make trusted wildlife information easier to find, share, and use. Across the United States, agencies, Tribes, NGOs, universities, and private landowners collect extensive wildlife data, but those data are often stored in separate systems with different standards, access rules, and levels of sensitivity. This fragmentation makes it difficult for land managers, policymakers, scientists, and conservation partners to efficiently access the best available information for conservation planning, permitting, restoration, and species management.

WIN is envisioned as a federated, secure network of interoperable wildlife data systems connected through shared governance, metadata, and data standards. Rather than replacing existing databases, WIN would help users discover authoritative information across systems while respecting data sovereignty, privacy, and sensitive species protections. The initiative is guided by three core principles: reliability, accessibility, and data sovereignty.

By connecting existing wildlife data infrastructures and the communities that steward them, WIN can reduce duplication, improve consistency, and enable more strategic, collaborative conservation across jurisdictions.