Dan Salas is the Director of the Sustainable Landscapes Program at the University of Illinois Chicago’s Energy Resources Center where he and the team work on the integration of nature and infrastructure. The program facilitates to the Rights-of-Way as Habitat Working Group, which leads initiatives such as a nationwide conservation agreement for the monarch butterfly on energy and transportation lands, and a companion at-risk bumble bee conservation agreement. Dan is a certified Senior Ecologist by the Ecological Society of America and a decision analyst certified by the U.S. Department of Interior.
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Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but protecting wildlife can be good for business
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April 8, 2026
