The Department of the Interior (DOI) oversees roughly 20 percent of US lands and 20 percent of the development of US energy supplies, mediates the use of water in the Nation’s 17 western states, and serves more than 500 federally recognized tribes and native communities in Alaska.  Recently Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell issued Secretarial Order 3330 “Improving ...

The Conservation Biology Institute (CBI) is working with project partners to enhance the resilience of five edaphic endemic plant species across their ranges. Our approach is to identify and describe geographic areas that could potentially support these species and their habitat in a design that enhances regional population structure and resilience. Results will help refine our understanding of environmental correlates ...

The San Joaquin Valley (“Valley”) is positioned to play a pivotal role in helping California achieve its ambitious goal to meet half of the state’s electricity demand by 2030 from renewable sources.  The Valley’s temperate climate and high solar insolation has already attracted investment in over 120 solar energy facilities, which are either already operating or in the planning ...

The California Natural Community Conservation Planning (NCCP) program is an ecosystem-based approach to conserving species and their habitats in a linked network of high quality habitat blocks, with an emphasis on maintaining landscape integrity and ecosystem functions.  NCCP-conserved lands in southern San Diego County (South County) support the largest expanse of remaining coastal habitats in southern California—coastal sage scrub ...

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), in collaboration with CBI, released the report "In the U.S. Southeast, Natural Forests are Being Felled to Send Fuels Overseas". This report details the threats facing Southeastern U.S. Forests from the wood pellet industry which has seen a 150 percent increase in wood ...