(Star Tribune) July 3, 2021
In Minnesota, at least, the solar farms are generating more than electricity. Instead of turf, bare ground or gravel, the land beneath Enel’s Minnesota installations were all seeded with…Read more.
Author: Dinaluz Torres
Charging Ahead with Monarch Butterfly Conservation
(T&D World) June 25, 2021
The industry responds to the monarch butterfly listing decision, subsequent legal and political challenges and continued population declines… Read more.
Rights-of-Way Are for the Birds: Managing power line corridors to help wildlife
(Electrical Contractor) June 14, 2021
Utilities have an opportunity to take vegetation management along their power line rights-of-way (ROWs) beyond simple trimming and mowing, by… Read more.
How Do Animals Safely Cross a Highway? Take a Look.
(NY Times) May 31, 2021
The [Wyoming] Department of Transportation joined with the state wildlife agency and nonprofit groups to create a series of crossings, including the one pictured above. Collisions have dropped by… Read more.
Monarch butterfly finds a new friend in Kandiyohi County
(West Central Tribune) March 30, 2021
Kandiyohi County becomes first county in the state to successfully join the Nationwide Candidate Conservation Agreement for Monarch Butterfly on Energy and Transportation Land. As a participant in the conservation program, … Read more.
TxDOT registers miles of roadside land to help save monarchs
(Austonia) March 10, 2021
The Texas Department of Transportation is dedicating over a million acres of land, including 73,038 miles of center lanes, to the conservation of the iconic monarch butterfly… Read more.
‘A magical solution’: Solar developers planting flowers that could help save butterflies and bees
(IndyStar) July 8, 2020
For more than a century Logansport’s electricity was generated using gritty black coal. Now, its latest generating facility will feature 80 acres of solar panels, and something far more attractive — Read more.
Hundreds of Rare Bee Orchids Bloom in ‘Pollinator Town’ Midleton
(Irish Examiner) June 4, 2020
Hundreds of specimens of a striking rare orchid have burst into flower on roadsides in one of Ireland’s first pollinator towns. Environmentalists say they have counted 363 individual bee orchids on verges in Midleton…Read more.
Some Surprisingly Powerful Players Have Joined the Fight to Save the Monarch Butterfly
(WTTW) April 9, 2020
This week, UIC’s Energy Resources Center announced the culmination of a nearly three-year effort to develop a nationwide Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) related to the monarch… Read more.
Monarch Butterfly Gets Protection in ‘Historic’ Deal
(E&E News) April 8, 2020
The Fish and Wildlife Service today unveiled a sweeping, multistate plan to protect the monarch butterfly without adding it to the Endangered Species Act list. A long time in the making, the plan called, in part, a “candidate conservation” agreement unites state and federal officials with energy and transportation industry leaders on a common cause….Read more.
