Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America 2nd Edition by David Naugle ISBN 1597266582 978-1597266581

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ISBN 10: 1597266582
ISBN 13: 978-1597266581
Author: David Naugle

Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America offers a road map for securing our energy future while safeguarding our heritage.

Contributors show how science can help craft solutions to conflicts between wildlife and energy development by delineating core areas, identifying landscapes that support viable populations, and forecasting future development scenarios to aid in conservation design. The book

• frames the issue and introduces readers to major types of extraction
• quantifies the pace and extent of current and future energy development
• provides an ecological foundation for understanding cumulative impacts on wildlife species
• synthesizes information on the biological response of wildlife to development
• discusses energy infrastructure as a conduit for the spread of invasive species
• compares impacts of alternative energy to those of conventional development

The final section calls for a shift away from site-level management that has failed to mitigate cumulative impacts on wildlife populations toward broad-scale planning and implementation of conservation in priority landscapes. The book concludes by identifying ways that decision makers can remove roadblocks to conservation, and provides a blueprint for implementing conservation plans. Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America is a must-have volume for elected officials, industry representatives, natural resource managers, conservation groups, and the public seeking to promote energy independence while at the same time protecting wildlife.

Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America 2nd  Table of contents:

PART I – Energy Development and the Human Footprint

Chapter 1 – Introduction to Energy Development in the West

Chapter 2 – Geography of Energy Development in Western North America: Potential Impacts on Terrestrial Ecosystems

Major Energy Sources

Cumulative Impacts of Energy Development on Terrestrial Ecosystems

Conclusion

PART II – Biological Response of Wildlife and Invasive Plants to Energy Development

Chapter 3 – Unifying Framework for Understanding Impacts of Human Developments on Wildlife

A Typology for Wildlife Impact Research: The Framework

Biological Scale of Impacts: A Review

Assessing Impacts: Choosing Methods and Scales

Conclusion

Chapter 4 – Sage-Grouse and Cumulative Impacts of Energy Development

Biological Response of Sage-Grouse to Energy Development

A Shifting Paradigm: Business as Usual versus Landscape Conservation

Conservation Planning Using Core Areas to Reduce Impacts

Off-Site Mitigation for Impacts Resulting from Development

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Chapter 5 – Effects of Energy Development on Ungulates

Biological Response of Ungulates to Energy Development

Discussion

Conclusion

Chapter 6 – Effects of Energy Development on Songbirds

Bird Mortality and Energy Infrastructure

Dissection and Perforation of the Boreal Frontier

Avian and Human Perspectives on Energy Sector Activity in Remnant Grasslands

The Emerging Issue of Noise

Conclusion

Chapter 7 – Invasive Plants and Their Response to Energy Development

Patterns of Plant Invasions

Impacts on Ecosystem Processes

Case Study: Energy Development in Sagebrush Grasslands

Implications for Managing Energy Development

Conclusion

Chapter 8 – Wind Power and Biofuels: A Green Dilemma for Wildlife Conservation

Wind Energy and Wildlife Conservation

Biofuels: Boon or Bane for Grassland Wildlife?

Conclusion

PART III – Conservation by Design: Planning and Implementing Solutions

Chapter 9 – Energy by Design: Making Mitigation Work for Conservation and Development

Environmental Impact Assessment and the Mitigation Hierarchy

Step 1. Develop a Landscape Conservation Plan

Step 2. Blend Landscape Planning with the Mitigation Hierarchy

Step 3. Determine Residual Impacts and Select the Optimal Offset Portfolio

Step 4. Estimate Offset Contribution to Conservation Goals

Conclusion

Chapter 10 – Forecasting Energy Development Scenarios to Aid in Conservation Design

Forecasting Oil and Gas Potential

Implications from Buildout Scenarios

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Chapter 11 – Resource Policy, Adaptive Management, and Energy Development on Public Lands

Adaptive Management and Energy Development on Public Lands

The Mineral Leasing Act and the Capacity to Adapt

Collaborative Engagement on Public Lands

Making Adaptive Management the New Paradigm on Public Lands

Conclusion

Chapter 12 – Community-Based Landscape Conservation: A Roadmap for the Future

Strategic Landscape Conservation: Working in the Right Places

The Social Framework: Working with the Right People

Conservation Delivery: Designing the Right Projects

Monitoring and Evaluation: A Fine Line between Success and Failure

The Upshot: Energy Development and Community-Based Landscape Conservation

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