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Jessica Boone , Althouse & Meade
"Managing clean energy, rangeland, and rare species through spatial technologies." Session: TECH: MOBILE & UAV
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ABSTRACT: "As demands increase for holistic land management strategies, l and managers, owners, and ranchers require immediate access to field information to make informed decisions. Topaz Solar Farms, a 4,700-acre, 550-megawatt passive photo-voltaic solar farm located on the Carrizo Plain in San Luis Obispo County, California, exemplifies a successful partnership between agriculture, habitat conservation, and energy production where stakeholders rely heavily on spatial information to preserve rangeland production, produce alternative energy, and protect sensitive species. Remote GPS collars track the federally listed San Joaquin kit fox within completed solar array fields and in nearby reference sites. Android based tablets loaded
