What is Gap Analysis and how many states have it?
The Gap Analysis Program (GAP) is a state-based cooperative effort to map major indicators of biodiversity over states, along with the existing network of conservation lands. The indicators of biodiversity that the GAP state projects map using geographic information system (GIS) technology are dominant vegetation types (e.g., oak-hickory-hemlock forest) and distributions of each native vertebrate species. Although coordinated by the BRD, the program is made up of 430 cooperating organizations nationwide, including businesses, governments, and universities. GAP is now active in 43 states.
