The mission of the Gap Analysis Program (GAP) is to provide regional assessment of the conservation status of native vertebrate species and natural land cover types and to facilitate the application of this information to land management activities. This is accomplished through the following five objectives:

map the land cover of the United States
map predicted distributions of vertebrate species for the U.S.
document the representation of vertebrate species and land cover types in areas managed for the long-term maintenance of biodiversity
provide this information to the public and those entities charged with land use research, policy, planning, and management
build institutional cooperation in the application of this information to state and regional management activities

GAP is conducted as state-level projects and is coordinated by the Biological Resources Division (BRD) of the United States Geological Survey (USGS). It is a cooperative effort among regional, state, and federal agencies, and private groups as well as the three BRD divisions of Research, Monitoring, and Information Services. The following are involved in the KS-GAP group effort:

Division of Biology, Kansas State University
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
GIS State Policy Board, Kansas Water Office
Geographic Information Systems Spatial Analysis Laboratory (GISSAL), Department of Geography, Kansas State University
Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program, University of Kansas (KARS)
Kansas Army National Guard (KSARNG)
Kansas Biological Survey (KBS)
Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Division of Biology, Kansas State University (KCFWRU)
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Mid-America Remote Sensing Consortium
Mid-America Vertebrate Resources Information Consortium
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National GAP web page
Natural History Museum, University of Kansas
National Park Service (NPS)
Sternberg Museum of Natural History
United States Geological Survey-Biological Resources Division (USGS-BRD)

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