Median Estimates of Impact Potential from Geothermal Energy Production Activities on Greater Sage-Grouse Populations in Nevada and California (2022)

Publication Date

2022-11-10

Creation

2022

Prochazka, B.G., O'Neil, S.T., Coates, P.S., and Chenaille, M.P., 2022, Median estimates of impact potential from geothermal energy production activities on greater sage-grouse populations in Nevada and California (2022): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9OLC725.

Type: Related Primary Publication

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Increased demand for domestic production of renewable energy has led to expansion of energy infrastructure across western North America. Much of the western U.S. comprises remote landscapes that are home to a variety of vegetation communities and wildlife species, including the imperiled sagebrush ecosystem and indicator species such as Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). Impacts of renewable energy development on wildlife populations are generally poorly understood. Geothermal sources in particular have potential for continued development across the western U.S. but impacts to sage-grouse and other species are unknown.

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