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Service Description: This is the solar project footprint data from the Western San Joaquin Valley Least Conflict Solar Energy Assessment conducted by The Nature Conservancy California chapter in 2013.

We obtained solar project footprints, when possible, for the study area from agency, environmental NGO, and/or solar project developer staff. When footprints were not available, we used data from the Renewable Energy Action Team (REAT; downloaded December 2012). REAT data was clipped to the boundary of the study area. For all REAT data, we created a scaled project footprint based on proposed acreage values, which are represented by circles on maps throughout this assessment. In places where we had both the proposed project footprint and the REAT data, we used the project footprint data.

The report that describes the methods, assumptions and processing of data to generate this feature class is: Butterfield, H.S., D. Cameron, E. Brand, M. Webb, E. Forsburg, M. Kramer, E. O’Donoghue, and L. Crane. 2013. Western San Joaquin Valley least conflict solar assessment. Unpublished report. The Nature Conservancy, San Francisco, California. 26 pages.

The objective of this assessment is to characterize the land use and conservation constraints and opportunities associated with siting solar energy facilities in the Western San Joaquin Valley. This approach identifies areas with high conservation value that are important to avoid when planning energy infrastructure, as well as areas of lower environmental conflict potentially suitable for development. While the approach we take focuses on refining the conservation values in the study area, we also classify the region’s agricultural resources using simple, broadly applicable classes to begin to assess trade-offs or synergies between agricultural production, habitat conservation and energy development. In our assessment of biodiversity conservation values, we focus on core and high quality habitat for multiple listed species, including kit fox, and emphasize the preservation of connectivity for kit fox and other wide-ranging species.

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We obtained solar project footprints, when possible, for the study area from agency, environmental NGO, and/or solar project developer staff. When footprints were not available, we used data from the Renewable Energy Action Team (REAT; downloaded December 2012). REAT data was clipped to the boundary of the study area. For all REAT data, we created a scaled project footprint based on proposed acreage values, which are represented by circles on maps throughout this assessment. In places where we had both the proposed project footprint and the REAT data, we used the project footprint data.

The report that describes the methods, assumptions and processing of data to generate this feature class is: Butterfield, H.S., D. Cameron, E. Brand, M. Webb, E. Forsburg, M. Kramer, E. O’Donoghue, and L. Crane. 2013. Western San Joaquin Valley least conflict solar assessment. Unpublished report. The Nature Conservancy, San Francisco, California. 26 pages.

The objective of this assessment is to characterize the land use and conservation constraints and opportunities associated with siting solar energy facilities in the Western San Joaquin Valley. This approach identifies areas with high conservation value that are important to avoid when planning energy infrastructure, as well as areas of lower environmental conflict potentially suitable for development. While the approach we take focuses on refining the conservation values in the study area, we also classify the region’s agricultural resources using simple, broadly applicable classes to begin to assess trade-offs or synergies between agricultural production, habitat conservation and energy development. In our assessment of biodiversity conservation values, we focus on core and high quality habitat for multiple listed species, including kit fox, and emphasize the preservation of connectivity for kit fox and other wide-ranging species.

Copyright Text: The Nature Conservancy 2013; REAT 2012

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