El DRECP se centra en las regiones desérticas de California incluye el Mojave y Colorado Desiertos reserva de la biosfera.
El propósito de la DRECP es conservar y gestionar las comunidades de plantas y vida silvestre en las regiones desérticas de California al tiempo que facilita que permite el tiempo de los proyectos de energías renovables compatibles. The DRECP is a collaborative effort being developed under the California Natural Community Conservation Planning Act (NCCPA) and the Federal Endangered Species Act (FESA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA).
El Plan de Conservación de Energía Renovable Desert (DRECP), a major component of California’s renewable energy planning efforts, will help provide effective protection and conservation of desert ecosystems while allowing for the appropriate development of renewable energy projects.
The DRECP will result in an efficient and effective biological mitigation and conservation program providing renewable project developers with permit timing and cost certainty under the federal and California Endangered Species Acts while at the same time preserving, restoring and enhancing natural communities and related ecosystems. Approximately 22.5 million acres of federal and non-federal California desert land are in the DRECP Plan Area.