Description: The Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) and the Geospatial Centroid at Colorado State University (CSU) are the current stewards of COMaP. CNHP connects conservation with science to help protect Colorado’s rare plants and animals. The Centroid coordinates geospatial activities at CSU. Through this partnership, CNHP provides technical expertise in GIS and IT, while the Centroid manages internships and outreach.COMaP is the state’s premier map of protected lands, featuring over 28,000 entries of protected lands parcels from over 300 different data sources, each of which contains a suite of attributes such as owner, manager, easement holder, public access, and more. Since its inception in 2004 at Colorado State University, COMaP has become the go-to resource for land managers, land owners, and the conservation community.The new COMaP has significantly updated federal and state lands (which make up almost half of the state) and an additional 355,000 acres of lands conserved under easements are now in COMaP compared to v9.
Copyright Text: Financial and technical support for COMaP v1-4 was provided by the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (formerly Colorado Division of Wildlife) as part of the Natural Diversity Information Source.
Financial and technical support for COMaP v5-8 was provided by Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO). GOCO was created in 1992 and is funded by a portion of state lottery proceeds. Their goal is to assist in projects that preserve, protect, and enhance Colorado's wildlife, parks, rivers, trails, and open spaces.
Financial and technical support for COMaP v9 was provided by the USGS Gap Analysis Program as part of their goal to develop a Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US).
Financial and technical support to develop COMaP as a Service was provided by Great Outdoors Colorado. Data updates are funded by Users.