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ViewAttendees 28

Section Symposium

Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Science Policy

To Bee or Not to Bee: Practical Realities of Pairing Pollinator Habitat with Solar Development

Sunday, November 5, 2023
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Maryland B

In-Person

Presentations:

  • 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM ET
    Pollinator habitat at solar primer

    Presenting Author: James McCall (he/him/his) – National Renewable Energy Laboratory

    Co-Author: Adam G. Dolezal (he/him/his) – University of Illinois

  • 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Beyond panels and pollinators: Addressing operational challenges in ecosystem-forward solar sites

    Presenting Author: Juliana Isaac (she/her/hers) – Sol Systems, LLC

  • 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM ET
    Formulation of pollinator mixes for solar sites, an Ernst Conservation Seeds perspective

    Presenting Author: Mark Fiely – Ernst Seed

  • 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    Pollinator-solar certification and stakeholder viewpoints

    Presenting Author: Jessica Fox – Electric Power Research Institute

  • 2:30 PM – 2:40 PM ET
    Break
  • 2:40 PM – 2:55 PM ET
    Solar energy production that is compatible with insect and wildlife conservation: DOE's perspective and priorities

    Presenting Author: Juan Botero – Solar Energy Technologies Office

  • 2:55 PM – 3:10 PM ET
    Advancing pollinator friendly solar in Minnesota

    Presenting Author: Jamie MacAlister – Minnesota Department of Commerce

  • 3:10 PM – 3:25 PM ET
    Stakeholder and public dimensions of solar pollinator habitat 

    Presenting Author: Sharlissa Moore – Colorado School of Mines

  • 3:25 PM – 3:40 PM ET
    Prairie strips conserve soil and bees in corn and soybean farms, but will they do the same in a solar farm?

    Presenting Author: Matthew E. O'Neal – Iowa State University

  • 3:40 PM – 3:50 PM ET
    Break
  • 3:50 PM – 4:05 PM ET
    The buzzing of the bees: Bioacoustics as a tool for monitoring pollinators in changing landscapes

    Presenting Author: Laura Figueroa – University of Massachusetts

  • 4:05 PM – 4:15 PM ET
    Lessons learned from integration: An entomologist's perspective on habitat challenges

    Presenting Author: Adam G. Dolezal (he/him/his) – University of Illinois

  • 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Panel discussion