NATIONAL NOTES
Kevin Gergely...................................................................................................................4
FEATURES
Enhancing the GAP Organization
Lief Horwitz, John Mosesso, and Rob Dietz ...............................................................................6
Partnering in Great Plains Regional GAP
Glennis Kaufman, Jack Cully, Geoffrey Henebry, Jonathan Jenks, Kevin Kane, Ervin Klaas,
James Merchant, Vickie Smith, and Larry Strong ............................................................................... 8
Collection and Processing of a High Volume of Field Data for the Missouri
Land Use/Land Cover Mapping Project
Davis D. Diamond, Taisia M. Gordon, and Kan He .................................................................... 13
Using Ecological Systems as Land Cover Map Units for GAP
Shannon Menard and Chris Lauver..........................................................................................
The Development of Mapping Zones to Assist in Land Cover Mapping Over Large
Geographic Areas: A Case Study of the Southwest ReGAP Project
Gerald Manis, Collin Homer, R. Douglas Ramsey, John Lowry, Todd Sajwaj, and Scott Graves .................................................................... 13
Managing Land Cover Map Units Among States, Regions, and the USNVC
Shannon Menard ..................................................................................................................27
Challenges in Land Cover Classification in Areas of Rapid Urban Expansion
Linda Schwab .................................................................................................................... 28
Expert Review for Land Cover: Integrating Information from Specific Comments
and Evaluating the Results
Geoffrey M. Henebry, James W. Merchant, Justin W. Fischer, and Douglas Garrison ..............................30
An Exploratory Look at Combining Vertebrate Models from Several States:
An Overview of Vertebrate Modeling in the Western States
Ree Brannon .......................................................................................................................33
Regional Approaches to Modeling Animal Distributions: Status of Current
Projects and Outlook
Patrick Crist ...................................................................................................................... 25
Regional Coordination of Animal Modeling in the Southeast
Jeff Waldon ............................................................................................................... 26
Regional Coordination of Animal Modeling in the Upper Midwest
Daniel Fitzpatrick.......................................................................................................26
Regional Coordination of Animal Modeling in the Great Plains
Jack Cully, T. Hoernemann, and G. Kaufman ................................................................27
Approach to Regional Animal Modeling in the Southwest
Bruce Thompson and Ken Boykin .................................................................................27