Landscape-scale Energy Action Plan (LEAP)
Energy, particularly renewable energy, is one of the highest priorities of the DOI. As energy workloads increase, so do conflicts with Federal Trust Resources related to energy projects.
The Mountain-Prairie Region's Landscape-scale Energy Action Plan (LEAP) is a suite of web-based tools, data, and analyses being developed in cooperation with the USGS and ECOS-IPaC. When completed, LEAP will provide project proponents, managers, and biologists with spatial data and landscape-scale vulnerability assessments for Trust Resources, project-specific Conservation Measures, and information on relevant regulatory policies.
Collectively, the tools and information provided by LEAP will enable developers to make informed siting decisions earlier in the planning process, and help reduce conservation conflicts. LEAP will also enable Service personnel to perform their duties more effectively, efficiently, and with greater consistency region-wide.
For the most recent update on LEAP, read our periodic newsletter, available at: http://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/folder/4f4e476ae4b07f02db47e139?community=LEAP
To access your office assessment toolkit, please:
Log in (using the Login link at the top right of the page).
Visit http://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/folder/4f4e4769e4b07f02db47e104?community=LEAP to work with your field office's ScienceBase Data Portal.
Visit http://my-beta.usgs.gov/websites/leap to see how project proponents will interact with your data in ECOS-IPaC.
