Welcome

• The PA GAP Analysis Project was initiated in 1993 with the general goal of providing a landscape-level perspective on the conservation status of reproductive habitats for mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and fishes in Pennsylvania.
• The intent has been to attain this overall goal of landscape perspective within the general framework of the National Gap Analysis Program, but with some accommodation for Pennsylvania's special blend of physiography and historical human habitation.

Main Objectives:

• Map current land cover;
• Predict the distribution of vertebrate species;
• Document the representation of vertebrate species and land cover types in areas managed for the long-term maintenance of biodiversity; and
• Provide this data to the public.