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: Kevin J Gergely, PhD, Julie Prior-Magee, Lisa Johnson, Mason Croft, Mackenzie Case
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: Kevin J Gergely, PhD, Alexa J McKerrow, PhD, Julie Prior-Magee, Lisa Johnson, Mason Croft, Anne Davidson, Leah Dunn, Mackenzie Case, Curtis Belyea, Matt Rubino, Nathan Tarr, Steve Williams, Ken Boykin, PhD
Attribution: Gap Analysis Project
Pre-USGS Publications
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: 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: July 28, 2016
What People Are Saying About PAD-US
Quotes from users of PAD-US.
Attribution: Gap Analysis Project