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Protecting San Joaquin kit fox on a large scale solar development through GIS utilization Jacqueline Tilligkeit, Daniel E. Meade, Jason Dart, Christine Van Horn Job, Brian Cypher, Tory Westall
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Page 1: Protecting San Joaquin Kit Fox On A Large Scale Solar ... · Protecting San Joaquin kit fox on a large scale solar development through GIS utilization Jacqueline Tilligkeit, Daniel

Protecting San Joaquin kit fox on a large scale solar development through GIS utilization

Jacqueline Tilligkeit, Daniel E. Meade, Jason Dart, Christine Van Horn Job, Brian Cypher, Tory Westall

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Topaz Solar Farms• Constructed from November 2011 to 

December 2014

• 3,350 acres

• 550‐megawatt

• Passive photovoltaic solar

• 9‐million solar panels

• Electricity generated will displace approximately 377,000 tons of CO2 annually

• 73,000 cars off the road• 160,000 homes powered

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Topaz Solar Farms Wildlife

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Utilizing GIS to protect San Joaquin Kit Fox

• Answering ecological questions• Distribution and abundance• Home ranges

• Den and harassment avoidance• Improving methodologies for data collection and management

• Personal Geodatabases• Digital data collection

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San Joaquin Kit Fox Scat Detection Surveys

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“…estimates of population size using samples collected during annualNovember surveys indicated that ~33 individuals used the TSF over a 3 yr period.”

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Preconstruction Surveys

• Survey area• Den examination• Den monitoring• Requirements

• Access Database

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17,800

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Construction Phase• Daily Work Area maps

• Based on daily monitoring information from the biologists

• Displays all setbacks and active work areas

• Distributed daily to construction foreman and displayed in onsite offices

• Rare Species Access Database

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Rare Species Personal Geodatabase (.mdb)New Den Information

Unique IDSpeciesStatusLat, Long

MaxDate Make Table 

Query

Den Point LayerUnique IDLat, Long

Den InformationUnique IDSpeciesStatus

Current Den InformationUnique IDMost Recent SpeciesMost Recent Status

Display XY Model

Follow‐Up Den InformationUnique IDSpeciesStatus

Join • Den history• Observations• Fox history• Camera locations• Recently active dens

Access Queries

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San Joaquin Kit Fox Collaring Study

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6697M 6709F 6706F 6702M 6617M 6571F 6619F 6611M 6610F 6731F 6729M 6852F 6628F

Collaring Study‐ Fox Locations

Onsite 1/4 Mile Stewardship Mitigation Preservation CVSR

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San Joaquin Kit Fox Operations and Maintenance Monitoring

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Digital Offline Data Collection

• Tablet applications• Fewer datasheets• No Access forms• No manual data entry• Instantaneous information feed• Consistent information

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Conclusions

[email protected]

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Acknowledgments

• Working Dogs for Conservation • Debbie Woollett, Alice Whitelaw, Ngaio Richards

• Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics

• Tammy Wilbert, Jesus Maldonado