This document discusses the status and strategic direction of the National Gap Analysis Program (GAP). It outlines GAP's work on terrestrial and aquatic mapping projects across the US. It also discusses GAP's partnerships with states and other groups. GAP aims to improve its spatial and thematic resolution, integrate terrestrial and aquatic mapping, and provide data to support state wildlife action plans and conservation.
16. National Mapping Programs National Land Cover Dataset USGS Landfire Interagency Partnership Forest service & USGS Coastal Change Analysis Program NOAA Gap Analysis Program USGS
17. Ecological Systems & NVCS Too complex Too coarse Meaningful to Biologists & Mappable by Remote Sensors US NVC Association US NVC Alliance US NVC Formation Ecological System
18. GAP & LANDFIRE comparison Example from Southwestern, US LANDFIRE GAP
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24. Pygmy rabbit predictive distribution maps for WY No pygmy rabbits found No pygmy rabbits found Pygmy rabbits present
28. 2005 Survey GAP data use in State Wildlife Action Plans Species list (n=2) Report narrative (n=1) Stewardship (n=6) Species richness (n=1) Aquatic data (n=2) Land cover (n=22) Species distributions (n=10) Habitat models (n=12)
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