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State of the Data for Assessing Environmental Impacts of Offshore Wind in Virginia

State of the Data for Assessing Environmental Impacts of Offshore Wind in Virginia. Gwynn Crichton June 22, 2011. Panel Questions. Can we generalize from research and experience elsewhere in the U.S. and in Europe?

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State of the Data for Assessing Environmental Impacts of Offshore Wind in Virginia

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  1. State of the Data for Assessing Environmental Impacts of Offshore Wind in Virginia Gwynn Crichton June 22, 2011

  2. Panel Questions • Can we generalize from research and experience elsewhere in the U.S. and in Europe? • What do we know about the marine environment and bird life offshore of Virginia?  • What don't we know?  • What are the most pressing issues for research?

  3. Can we generalize fromEuropean Studies? Summary of ecological effects of offshore wind energy from IUCN report Greening Blue Energy (2010)

  4. What we know

  5. What we know • Identify the species and habitats that represent the region's marine and coastal biological diversity and set priorities for marine conservation. • Baseline for partners or individual agencies to develop an ecosystem-based management framework. • Integrating information at a regional and national level to inform decisions and strategies

  6. What we know

  7. What we know?

  8. What we know?

  9. What we don’t know: Sea Ducks and Sea Birds

  10. What we don’t know: Marine Mammals

  11. What we don’t know: Benthic Habitats

  12. Research priorities: Cumulative Impacts Analysis Human Use Data for NW Atlantic

  13. Further Information Data Portals: • MARCO Portal: maps.tnc.org/MARCO/index.html • Ecoregional Assessment: nature.org/easternusmarine Contacts • Jay Odell (jodell@tnc.org) • Gwynn Crichton (gcrichton@tnc.org) • Chris Bruce: MARCO portal (cbruce@tnc.org) • Jennifer Greene: Ecoregional assessment and portal (jgreene@tnc.org)

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