Renewable Energy in the Southwest

To prevent the most extreme impacts of the climate crisis, the United States must spend the coming decades investing in and deploying renewable energy infrastructure at an industrial scale. Inevitably, this infrastructure will have impacts on the landscapes that Audubon Southwest protects for birds and other wildlife. It is our intent to work tirelessly to ensure that this deployment happens in a manner that has the least negative effects on birds and the places they need. 

We do this by working directly with industry to develop project plans and conditions that minimize impacts to birds by avoiding sensitive areas, reducing avian collisions and delivering offsite mitigation that result in projects being a net positive for our priority bird species. Additionally, we work with agencies at the federal and state level to ensure proper oversight and permitting of projects and we work with elected officials to pass policies that advance well sited renewable energy development.  

Birds need us to protect their habitats and they need us to address climate change, we believe that we can do both.