Abstract
This is the website for the Integrated Science Plan for Offshore Wind, Wildlife, and Habitat in U.S. Atlantic Waters.
The RWSC Steering Committee, state and federal government agencies, offshore wind companies, environmental nonprofits, and RWSC’s host entities—the Northeast Regional Ocean Council and Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean with the Coastal States Stewardship Foundation—collaboratively developed the Science Plan with the research community to inform future data collection and research.
- RWSC is serving as a coordination hub for offshore wind research to increase collaboration, limit redundancy, suggest common data standards, and increase data sharing and transparency.
- The Science Plan describes data and research needs for the larger community, whether funded by the RWSC or not.
- The Science Plan provides a framework for the RWSC Steering Committee when making decisions on what projects to fund via the RWSC.
- For additional context and information about how RWSC will implement the Science Plan, view the recording of the RWSC Science Plan Release Webinar held on February 9, 2024.