Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program: New York
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Terrestrial solar facility design and management for conservation outcomes: ​​​In partnership with the Bureau of Land Management, we are addressing the landscape ecology of big solar in deserts by studying desert carnivore site use, intraguild interactions, and diet in response to solar energy development, including raised fencing and avoidance of desert washes, in Riverside East Development Focus Area (a conglomeration of industrial-scale solar facilities in the Sonoran Desert). Our results will inform desert kit fox conservation and management in light of increased solar energy development on BLM lands.