Solar-Wildlife Webinar Series #1: Using Modeling to Understand the Cohabitation of Desert Tortoise and Solar

Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 2:00 PM ET

Presented by REWI, this webinar discussed the desert modeling effort and spoke about the importance of thermal ecology for understanding the cohabitation of desert tortoise (Gopherus agasizzii) and solar. 

Moderator:  Josh Ennen, Senior Scientist, Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute (REWI)

Speakers:

  • Donald Miles, Professor of Biological Sciences, Ohio University

About the Speaker

Donald Miles is an expert in amphibians, global warming, lizard population and extinction and drought stress. He focuses on how the climate is changing faster than lizards can adapt to and how that could lead to extinction.