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<summary>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;The Clean Energy Screening Tool supports Audubon’s engagement on responsible clean energy and transmission development by providing rapid, science-based spatial analysis of proposed project areas. The tool evaluates a user-defined area of interest and surrounding buffers against authoritative bird, habitat, conservation, land use, and energy infrastructure datasets. It generates a map-ready output layer and a formatted PDF report summarizing intersections and area metrics to help identify potential risks, inform mitigation strategies, and guide early-stage project discussions.‌‌‌&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</summary>
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<param datatype="Feature Set" direction="Input" displayname="Area of Interest (AOI)" expression="AOI" name="AOI" type="Required">
<dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Polygon, line, or point geometry representing the proposed project footprint or route to be evaluated. This input defines the spatial extent used to generate project buffers and perform conservation screening analysis.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference>
</param>
<param datatype="String" direction="Input" displayname="Project Name" expression="Project_Name" name="Project_Name" type="Required">
<dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;User-defined name for the proposed project. This name will appear in the generated screening report and will be used to label output files and map elements.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference>
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<param datatype="String" direction="Input" displayname="Region Code" expression="{agl | umr | delta | texas | southwest | rockies | california}" name="Region_Code" type="Optional">
<dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Select the geographic region associated with the project. The selected region determines which conservation datasets, map templates, and reporting layouts are used in the analysis.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference>
</param>
<param datatype="String" direction="Input" displayname="Footer Override" expression="{Audubon Great Lakes | Audubon Upper Mississippi River}" name="Footer_Override" type="Optional">
<dialogReference>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Optional custom footer text to replace the default regional footer in the screening report. Leave blank to use the standard regional attribution. (Note- only used for AGL-UMR regions).&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</dialogReference>
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