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Appendix A. Definitions for GAP status 2 and 3 lands.
Table A1. GAP status code definitions for GAP status 2 and 3 lands from the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US).
GAP status code |
Definition |
2 |
An area having permanent protection from conversion of natural land cover and a mandated management plan in operation to maintain a primarily natural state, but which may receive uses or management practices that degrade the quality of existing natural communities, including suppression of natural disturbance. |
3 |
An area having permanent protection from conversion of natural land cover for the majority of the area, but subject to extractive uses of either a broad, low-intensity type (e.g., logging, OHV recreation) or localized intense type (e.g., mining). It also confers protection to federally listed endangered and threatened species throughout the area. |