BOEM-Oregon Science Exchange Webinar 2

Seafloor Mapping Adjacent to Renewable Energy Areas

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected multi-beam and video data of the seafloor in order to determine habitat characteristics in the area surrounding potential renewable energy leases on the Oregon Outer Continental Shelf. This habitat classification scheme is the same as that used by USGS to create habitat maps for California's Marine Protected Areas (in state waters). BOEM Marine Ecologist Donna Schroeder, who has provided the benthic expertise for many USGS surveys, will describe the results from this study.

Please join the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in the next BOEM-Oregon Science Exchange webinar from 10:00-10:30am PDT (17:00-17:30 UTC) on Wednesday, September 30, 2015.  This will be the second in the series of webinars on BOEM-funded studies related to renewable energy off the Oregon coast.