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The challenge associated with integrating energy development and wildlife conservation on public lands is formidable. These pressures will continue, especially in the face of global climate change. Natural gas is viewed as an important bridge fuel to more renewable sources of energy (Roberts 2004). In addition to impacts associated with traditional oil and gas development, a host of new energy-related projects are emerging. Uranium mining is booming once again, and there are increasing pressures to develop energy transmission corridors, locate carbon capture and sequestration projects, and develop wind and solar facilities on public lands (U.S. Department of the Interior 2009a).
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Benson, M.H. (2011). Resource Policy, Adaptive Management, and Energy Development on Public Lands. In: Naugle, D.E. (eds) Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-022-4_11
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