Rights-of-Way as Habitat Working Group

habitat conservation + working landscapes

A close-up image of a bee hovering near a vibrant pink flower, surrounded by green foliage, highlighting the importance of pollinators in nature.

Resources library

This online library is a clearinghouse of tools and information related to habitat on rights-of-way and other lands. From seed mix calculators to mowing guidelines and everything in between, you’ll find it here.

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Section 7 Documentation for CCAA Application

Conservation Agreements

This video reviews the application requirements for Section 7 to assist the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s with their application review.

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Effectiveness Monitoring and Adaptive Management

Conservation Agreements

This video provides a deep dive into the monitoring requirements for the CCAA, including a field demonstration.

Title slide for the Monarch CCAA Annual Reporting Orientation, featuring the date December 2021 and logos for the Energy Resources Center (ERC) and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).

Monarch CCAA Annual Reporting Orientation

Conservation Agreements

This video provides an overview of the CCAA annual reporting requirements.

Updated December 2021

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Monarch CCAA Implementation Plans

Conservation Agreements

This video provides an overview of the implementation plan requirements for the CCAA, including walking through the template and example plan available in the CCAA Toolkit.

A bee pollinates a flower in front of solar panels under a bright sky, illustrating the concept of pollinator-friendly solar energy in a report by the Electric Power Research Institute.

EPRI: Overview of Pollinator-Friendly Solar Energy

Case Studies and Research, Planning Tools, Policy and Publications

This Technical Brief provides a summary of the key considerations related to “pollinator-friendly solar,” including:  site design, construction and maintenance; procurement of pollinator-friendly solar; and the business case.  Sidebars cover honey bees on solar fields, brown fields to bright fields, and several specific power company case studies.

Research article on monarch butterfly habitat in conservation grasslands, highlighting the impact of grassland management on breeding habitats and plant diversity. The study evaluates monarch density in 61 conservation sites, discussing milkweed species and establishment rates to inform future conservation efforts.

Monarch Habitat in Conservation Grasslands

This resource evaluates monarch habitat and use by monarchs in 61 conservation grasslands (including restoration sites in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Conservation Reserve Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, and privately funded restored prairies) in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa. It presents establishment information for consideration in seed mix design and describe how our findings can be used to inform monarch habitat availability models, future studies, and conservation efforts.