Envu, a global environmental science company providing forward-thinking innovations that protect and enhance the health of environments around the world, announced today that its RangeView® digital platform has been named "Climate Intelligence Solution of the Year" in the 2026 CleanTech Breakthrough Awards.
Rangelands across the western United States and beyond are increasingly affected by invasive annual grasses, degraded forage, and uneven pasture productivity. Traditional land management approaches rely heavily on manual observation and on-the-ground scouting, which is time-intensive, labor-constrained, and difficult to scale. These limitations delay response, increase emissions associated with repeated site visits, and allow invasive species to spread before they can be addressed effectively.
RangeView breaks through the CleanTech market by transforming how large-scale rangelands are monitored and managed. The platform provides ranchers and land managers with a data-driven, landscape-wide view of their land, enabling earlier detection of invasive plant species, more targeted intervention, and more responsible stewardship across vast, complex environments.
Powered by satellite imagery and machine learning, in collaboration with Satelytics, a geospatial analytics partner, the decision-support platform brings together land, pasture and livestock management insights in a single dashboard.
"RangeView was built to help Range & Pasture customers address complex challenges by shifting management from broad assumption to evidence-based intervention," said Craig Hossfeld, Product Manager, Envu U.S. Range & Pasture. "By mapping invasive species such as cheatgrass and ventenata at landscape scale, it enables users to identify problem areas sooner and implement targeted treatment strategies, including use of Rejuvra® herbicide where appropriate, to mitigate long-term economic and ecological impacts."
The climate relevance of this approach is increasingly clear. Recent peer-reviewed research conducted by scientists from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and Envu, and published in a Nature Portfolio journal, has shown that invasive annual grasses can drive soil carbon losses of more than 40% and significantly increase wildfire frequency and severity across western rangelands.
"Early, landscape-scale detection and intervention are critical to preventing the spread of invasive annual grasses and the resulting impacts on soil carbon and wildfire risk," said Bernard Jacqmin, Chief Innovation and Regulatory Officer. "At Envu, innovation starts with understanding our customers' challenges and exploring every possible pathway to solve them - through chemistry and beyond, increasingly including digital tools. RangeView is a strong example of how this approach delivers practical, scalable solutions that help customers make better decisions and create lasting environmental impact."
RangeView also includes grazing management capabilities designed to support planning and decision-making. The platform integrates with tools such as CERES Tags to help ranchers better understand herd performance and inform management decisions as part of a more holistic land stewardship approach.
To date, RangeView has analyzed more than one million acres using satellite-based invasive species detection, reflecting real-world application across a range of operational deployments, including both pilot and scaled implementations.
The CleanTech Breakthrough Awards program is conducted by CleanTech Breakthrough, a leading independent market intelligence organization that evaluates and recognizes standout climate and clean technology companies, products and services around the globe.
"RangeView represents a CleanTech breakthrough by applying climate intelligence to one of the world's largest and most under-digitized land systems," said Bryan Vaughn, Managing Director, CleanTech Breakthrough. "By combining satellite analytics, strategic partnerships, and precision intervention, the platform enables timely action, supports biodiversity restoration and land health, improves pasture management, and helps reduce the cascading environmental impacts of invasive species. It's our pleasure to award RangeView 'Climate Intelligence Solution of the Year!'"