Protected Areas Resources
Science Center Objects
Access to PAD-US resources: Factsheets, Reports, Downloadable PAD-US Maps, Other GAP Online Data Viewers, Tools and Crosswalks, and Links to other applications where you can find GAP data.
Factsheets
- PAD-US — National Inventory of Protected Areas. View USGS Fact Sheet 2013-3086.
- FGDC Federal Lands Workgroup (FLWG) – Interagency coordination for inventorying federal lands. View FGDC Fact Sheet from the FLWG website.
Reports
- Completing America's Inventory of Public Parks and Protected Areas (2016)
- PAD-US Strategy Report, “A Map for the Future” (2009)
Downloadable PAD-US 2.0 Maps
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All Managers
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Federal Managers
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Protection Status:
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Public Access:
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Other GAP Online Data Viewers
Tools and Crosswalks
- Blank PAD-US 2.0 Schema
- Default Categorical Assignment Process
- Local Agency to Agency Name Crosswalk
- PAD-US Data Tables and Crosswalks
Links– Look for GAP in the following applications
- UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Center (WCMC) World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)
- Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) North American Environmental Atlas, Terrestrial Protected Areas (2017)
- Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Terrestrial Ecosystems Map Viewer
- USGS National Map Viewer Featured Mashup
- State of the Birds
- Department of Interior Strategic Plan FY 2011-2016, helping to ‘provide a scientific foundation for decision making’. (PDF document)