GAP projects could not be conducted without the participation of a wide range of partners. The USGS Gap Analysis Program supports and relies on cooperative effort among regional, state, tribal and federal agencies, academic and non-governmental institutions, and other private groups as well as the divisions of the U.S. Geological Survey. More than 500 different state, federal, local, and private organizations participate. Cooperating agencies currently include:
Federal Agencies:
- EPA – Environmental Protection Agency
- DOD – Department of Defense
- NPS – National Park Service
- BLM – Bureau of Land Management
- USFS – United States Forest Service
- USFWS – United States Fish and Wildlife Service
- USGS – United States Geological Survey
State Partnerships
- GAP coordinates with scores of state resource and other agencies on a variety of data and analysis projects.
- PAD-US GRANTS: As part of our Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), GAP initiated in 2010 a program of grant support to selected states. These grants support partners (PAD-US Stewards) in these states in their efforts to improve protected areas data. Learn more about the PAD-US State Stewards program >>
Non-Governmental Organizations:
- The Nature Conservancy
- Defenders of Wildlife
- Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
- GreenInfo Network
- National Conservation Easement Database consortium
Others
- Private businesses
- Local utilities
- Local conservation corps organizations
- Academic institutions (colleges, universities)
