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Transmission Siting Considerations, Best Practices, and Lessons Learned
Gary Graham, Ph.D.
Transmission Project Director
Global warming poses the greatest threat to
biological diversity in human history.
Photo: Bob Martinka
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Climate change poses the greatest threat to biological diversity in human
history
• May lose 1/3 all species to climate change (IPCC Report)
Siting BMPs:
Opportunity Areas:• Existing corridors, ROWs, degraded lands, and areas with co-
locating opportunities
Exclusion & Avoidance Areas: • Critical & core habitats for T&E species, wildlife corridors and
linkages, protected wetlands and rivers• Special Recreation Management Areas• National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, National
Monuments• Wilderness Areas and areas with wilderness characteristics• National Conservation Areas other lands within BLM National
Landscape Conservation System• National Historic and National Scenic Trails
BMPs
Construction:• Species-specific and site-specific plans to avoid,
minimize or mitigate impacts• Crews employ professional third-party monitors with
authority to stop work where protections are violated
Mitigation Guidance:• Enhance long-term health and viability of the populations• Protection at least throughout life of project• Replace acre for acre (varies with habitat, geography,
legal protection, nature of impact)• Equivalent habitat same geographic area
To have your transmission vegetables consumed they have to be prepared right
• Invite early, meaningful engagement of diverse stakeholders with planning and siting.
• Incorporate environmental concerns and constraints throughout transmission planning
• Budget adequately for addressing environmental constraints