National Gap Analysis Program

National Gap Analysis Program Reston, Virginia June 14, 2007

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Completed Aquatic GAP Projects

State Southeast Mississippi River Basin Potential Aquatic GAP Projects

Aquatic GAP Strategic Plan ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Aquatic GAP Strategic Plan: Research and Modeling ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Aquatic GAP Strategic Plan: Highlights ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How do we set a direction? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Terrestrial GAP guiding principles ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Spatial Extent: Nationwide Spatial Resolution (size of MMU) Thematic Resolution (number and accuracy of Ecological Systems) Land Cover Tradeoffs Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Spatial Extent Thematic Resolution

Spatial Extent (size of area to map) Spatial Resolution (pixel size or MMU) Thematic Resolution (level of thematic detail) Evaluating New Approaches Spatial Extent Thematic Resolution Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution

National Mapping Programs National Land Cover Dataset USGS Landfire Interagency Partnership Forest service & USGS Coastal Change Analysis Program NOAA Gap Analysis Program USGS

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

GAP & LANDFIRE comparison Example from Southwestern, US LANDFIRE GAP

Eastern Partnerships ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Eastern Partnerships Proposal Objectives ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Eastern Partnerships Proposal Objectives ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Species modeling: Reduce number of species ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Species modeling: Innovative approaches ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Pygmy rabbit predictive distribution maps for WY No pygmy rabbits found No pygmy rabbits found Pygmy rabbits present

Stewardship/Protected areas ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

State Wildlife Action Plans ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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)

GAP data use in development of SWAPs

Components of SWAP plans addressed with GAP data

Desired modifications to GAP data from SWAP coordinators ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Southwest GAP & SWAPs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Aquatic GAP and SWAP’s ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Aquatic GAP collaboration with NFHAP ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Additional information ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

GAP Contacts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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