Will solar energy plants cause irreparable harm to endangered flora and fauna?

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/story/840092.html Saturday, Sep. 05, 2009 Solar mecca Plans to build three large energy plants on the Carrizo Plain could turn SLO County into a nationwide pioneer — but the proposals aren’t without critics, who say the industrial uses would cause irreparable harm to the area’s environment and wildlife By By David Sneed | dsneed@thetribunenews.com San [...]

The effects three solar plants on California grasslands

Monday, Sep. 07, 2009 Tribune special report: Valley of life Though the Carrizo Plain may look like a desolate, inhospitable landscape, the remote grasslands are actually home to California’s largest concentration of endangered species, many of which live in underground burrows and are very rarely seen By David Sneed | dsneed@thetribunenews.com To the motorist passing [...]

Advisory Committee Details for Carrizo

Taft: Carrizo Plain Advisory Committee Members Re-appointed, Watson and Hatch Retain Seats September 04, 2009 Carrizo Plain National Monument Advisory Committee members have been re-appointed by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. The nine-member committee advises the Secretary and the Bureau of Land Management on resource management issues at the monument, which sits on the [...]

BLM Celebrates National Public Lands Day at Carrizo Plain National Monument, et al

BLM Celebrates National Public Lands Day at 14 sites in California September 04, 2009 On NPLD 2009- volunteers and BLM staff will renovate the Soda Lake Overlook and the Soda Lake Boardwalk. These sites are the first place most visitors stop and the most visited sites at the monument so the receive most of the [...]

Advisory Committee Appointed by Salazar for Carrizo

SLO County A nine-member advisory committee for the Carrizo Plain National Monument has been reappointed by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. The committee advises the Bureau of Land Management on resource management issues in the sprawling monument in San Luis Obispo County’s southeastern corner. Four of the members, including the chairman, are from San Luis [...]