# Speak for the Trees

> Use this tool when you need to investigate ecosystem health and access environmental data from public APIs. It solves problems related to water quality, air quality, and species observations by providing tools to query and analyze data from various sources. The tool accepts latitude/longitude coordinates as input and outputs data on environmental conditions, making it ideal for use cases that require assessing ecosystem health in specific geographic locations.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/offtrailstudio-speak-for-the-trees  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/offtrailstudio-speak-for-the-trees

## Description

Speak for the Trees provides tools for investigating ecosystem health through public environmental APIs. The server queries water quality conditions, tidal data, species observations, air quality, EPA facility compliance, violations, impaired waters listings, and toxic release inventory data. Tools accept latitude/longitude coordinates and automatically discover nearby USGS monitoring stations and NOAA tidal gauges. Most tools require no API keys, with data from USGS NWIS, NOAA CO-OPS, iNaturalist, GBIF, EPA ECHO, EPA ATTAINS, and EPA TRI.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.63
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-02

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** monitoring
- **Updated:** 2026-09-02

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/offtrailstudio-speak-for-the-trees)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/offtrailstudio/speak-for-the-trees-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "offtrailstudio-speak-for-the-trees"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/offtrailstudio-speak-for-the-trees` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/offtrailstudio-speak-for-the-trees/pull`

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