USGS Energy and Wildlife Research 2025 Year in Review
This collection features new information products released between October 2024 and September 2025 that provide a scientific foundation for natural resource management and the development of energy generation projects across North America and beyond.
The 2025 USGS Energy and Wildlife Research Year in Review includes peer-reviewed publications, datasets, and decision-support tools that describe advancements in technologies and scientific methods, enhancing our understanding of how fish and wildlife interact with, and are affected by, energy infrastructure.
The collection offers new data to support planning and environmental review processes, along with strategies to avoid, minimize, or mitigate impacts on native species and ecosystems. These resources are relevant to a wide range of energy sources and technologies, including oil and gas, geothermal energy, transmission lines, hydropower, geologic hydrogen, wind and solar energy, and the mining of critical minerals.
Research products are organized into the following topics:
Oil & Gas
Geothermal Energy
Geologic Hydrogen
Transmission Lines
Mining & Critical Minerals
Hydropower
Biodiversity Conservation
Solar Energy
Wind Energy
Land Restoration & Reclamation
Wildlife Distributions, Habitat Use, and Effects from Oil and Gas Development
Effects on Water Quality and the Environment
Geothermal Energy
Geologic Hydrogen
Transmission Lines
Mining & Critical Minerals
Hydropower
Biodiversity Conservation
Agrivoltaics
Land-based Solar Energy
Floating Solar Energy (Photovoltaics)
North American Bats: Detection, Movement and Population Studies
Bat Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities and other Threats to Bat Populations
Bird Ecology and Migration Science with Implications for Wind Energy
Offshore Wind Energy
Land Restoration and Reclamation
Land management research in support of streamlined energy development, economic growth, and wildfire management
Powering Progress: How Science Can Fuel the Energy Resources Life Cycle
Rangeland Condition Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (RCMAP)
USGS Energy and Wildlife Research Year in Review
Annual National Land Cover Database
This collection features new information products released between October 2024 and September 2025 that provide a scientific foundation for natural resource management and the development of energy generation projects across North America and beyond.
The 2025 USGS Energy and Wildlife Research Year in Review includes peer-reviewed publications, datasets, and decision-support tools that describe advancements in technologies and scientific methods, enhancing our understanding of how fish and wildlife interact with, and are affected by, energy infrastructure.
The collection offers new data to support planning and environmental review processes, along with strategies to avoid, minimize, or mitigate impacts on native species and ecosystems. These resources are relevant to a wide range of energy sources and technologies, including oil and gas, geothermal energy, transmission lines, hydropower, geologic hydrogen, wind and solar energy, and the mining of critical minerals.
Research products are organized into the following topics:
Oil & Gas
Geothermal Energy
Geologic Hydrogen
Transmission Lines
Mining & Critical Minerals
Hydropower
Biodiversity Conservation
Solar Energy
Wind Energy
Land Restoration & Reclamation
Wildlife Distributions, Habitat Use, and Effects from Oil and Gas Development
Effects on Water Quality and the Environment
Geothermal Energy
Geologic Hydrogen
Transmission Lines
Mining & Critical Minerals
Hydropower
Biodiversity Conservation
Agrivoltaics
Land-based Solar Energy
Floating Solar Energy (Photovoltaics)
North American Bats: Detection, Movement and Population Studies
Bat Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities and other Threats to Bat Populations
Bird Ecology and Migration Science with Implications for Wind Energy
Offshore Wind Energy
Land Restoration and Reclamation
Land management research in support of streamlined energy development, economic growth, and wildfire management
Powering Progress: How Science Can Fuel the Energy Resources Life Cycle
Rangeland Condition Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (RCMAP)
USGS Energy and Wildlife Research Year in Review