Julie S. Prior-Magee, Bruce C. Thompson & David Daniel (1998) Evaluating Consistency of Categorizing Biodiversity Management Status Relative to Land Stewardship in the Gap Analysis Program, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 41:2, 209-216, DOI: 10.1080/09640569811713
Julie Prior-Magee
Science and Products
Date published: February 13, 2019
Status: Active PAD-US Vision
What if you could find the location of any park or protected open space in the United States? By zooming in on a map you could see detailed boundaries and all nearby protected lands, and you could analyze these data to inform decisions about conservation, recreation, or land use planning.
Contacts: Mark T Wiltermuth, Lisa Johnson, Mason Croft, Mackenzie Case, Curtis Belyea
Attribution: Gap Analysis Project
Date published: February 13, 2019
Status: Active The Gap Analysis Process and Importance
A Gap Analysis consists of mapping three data layers — land cover, predicted distributions of vertebrate species, and a stewardship layer depicting both location and conservation status of protected areas. This data is then assessed to determine how much of a target species’ (plant or animal) habitat is in conserved areas.
Contacts: Alexa J McKerrow, PhD, Steve Williams, Anne Davidson, Leah Dunn, Nathan Tarr, Matt Rubino, Ken Boykin, PhD, Lisa Johnson, Mason Croft, Mackenzie Case, Curtis Belyea
Attribution: Gap Analysis Project
Year Published: 2008
Conservation status of the Colorado Plateau using southwest regional gap analysis stewardship data
No abstract available
Ernst, Andrea E.; Prior-Magee, Julie S.Pre-USGS Publications
Date published: July 29, 2019
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Attribution: Gap Analysis Project
Date published: July 9, 2019
Major Update for America’s Inventory of Parks and Other Protected Areas: Protected Areas Database of the United States
A new version of the Protected Areas Database of the U.S., or PAD-US, has major federal, state and easement updates, an easier-to-use data structure, new web services, national-scale printable maps, and more.
Attribution: Core Science Systems, Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS)
Date published: July 9, 2019
Major Update for America’s Inventory of Parks and Other Protected Areas: Protected Areas Database of the United States
A new version of the Protected Areas Database of the U.S. (PAD-US), has major federal, state and easement updates, an easier-to-use data structure, new web services, national-scale printable maps, and more. USGS Technical Announcement
Attribution: Gap Analysis Project
Date published: July 18, 2018
New Federal Recreation Map
Data from PAD-US has enabled the development of a new map highlighting federal recreation lands and waters in the U.S.
Attribution: Gap Analysis Project
Date published: July 31, 2017
Mapping Public Lands in the United States
The Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) is the official inventory of public parks and other protected areas in all U.S. states and territories.
Date published: August 4, 2016
New Protected Area Database (PAD-US) Released
Updated national geospatial inventory of public parks and open space lands features greater coverage and accuracy.
Attribution: Gap Analysis Project
Date published: August 4, 2016
New Protected Area Database (PAD-US) Released
Updated national geospatial inventory of public parks and open space lands features greater coverage and accuracy
Attribution: Core Science Systems, Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS)
Date published: July 28, 2016
What People Are Saying About PAD-US
Quotes from users of PAD-US.
Attribution: Gap Analysis Project