We spend huge amounts of time and resources on habitat restoration, but it’s often difficult and expensive to understand the baseline of what's there, monitor the wildlife that is actually coming back, and understand the drivers of differences in community composition. This talk shares case studies of eDNA-based methods for measuring and understanding restoration impact using a combination of eDNA and geospatial data. We will discuss how these two data streams, when analyzed together, create a non-invasive and highly detailed way to assess ecological recovery and inform ongoing management practices. Using real-world examples from Western habitats, we'll demonstrate how an eDNA-integrated approach provides evidence to justify future funding, streamline reporting, and make fast, effective decisions about how to manage a recovered landscape.