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RWSC Sea Turtle Subcommittee Meeting
2023-10-17 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | https://zoom.us/j/98174682675
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RWSC Bird & Bat Subcommittee Meeting
2023-10-17 14:00 - 16:00 | https://zoom.us/j/95909984386

RWSC Technology Subcommittee Meeting
2023-10-19 13:00 - 14:00 | https://zoom.us/j/97883912987
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RWSC Protected Fish Species Subcommittee Meeting
2023-11-08 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-03-13 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-05-08 13:00 - 15:00 | https://zoom.us/j/98077970227

RWSC Marine Mammal Subcommittee Meeting
2023-11-14 09:30 - 11:30 | https://zoom.us/j/94563227218

RWSC Bird & Bat Subcommittee Meeting
2023-11-14 14:00 - 16:00 | https://zoom.us/j/92617252642

RWSC Habitat & Ecosystem Subcommittee Meeting
2023-11-16 13:00 - 15:00 | https://zoom.us/j/93137657478

RWSC Technology Subcommittee Meeting
2023-11-17 11:00 - 12:00 | https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkfu6pqDwvGtay6QBqpzXA4bqt3jt-Mcjo#/registration
This is a joint meeting of the Marine Technology Society’s (MTS) Offshore Renewable Energy Committee and the RWSC Technology Subcommittee. Registration is required for the meeting.

RWSC Webinar: NOAA NCCOS Spatial Suitability Modeling
2023-12-07 15:00 - 16:00
James Morris, Marine Spatial Ecology Division, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, and Nick Farmer, Chief, Species Conservation Branch, NOAA Fisheries Southeast Region, will present about their recent work with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to conduct spatial analyses that support draft Wind Energy Area identification. The most recent examples of this work are Farmer et al. 2023 and Draft NCCOS Report: A Wind Energy Area Siting Analysis for the Gulf of Maine Call Area (October 2023). RWSC Subcommittees are particularly interested in the model inputs and outputs that relate to protected species and habitats. Following each presentation, there will be some time reserved for questions. Register for the event here.

RWSC Bird & Bat Subcommittee Meeting
2023-12-12 14:00 - 16:00 | https://zoom.us/j/91277939114
Offshore Bat Working Group

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RWSC Data Governance Subcommittee Kick-Off Call
2024-01-17 13:00 - 14:00
A brief kick-off meeting will be held Wednesday, January 17th from 1-2 p.m. ET to introduce the purpose and work of the Subcommittee. We will review the materials in the data governance chapter of the Science Plan, share draft terms of reference, and discuss a draft work plan for the subcommittee’s first year. Following this broad initial meeting, we will identify a smaller subcommittee of interested individuals who will finalize the draft work plan and meet several times over the course of the year to help implement it. Register for the Webinar Here.

RWSC Habitat & Ecosystem Subcommittee Meeting
2024-01-18 13:00 - 15:00 | https://zoom.us/j/92653063056

RWSC Bird and Bat Subcommittee Meeting
2024-01-23 14:00 - 16:00 | https://zoom.us/j/93034784097

RWSC Marine Mammal Subcommittee Meeting
2024-01-24 09:30 - 11:30, 2024-03-27 09:30 - 11:30 | https://zoom.us/j/97526485209

RWSC Science Plan Release Webinar
2024-02-09 13:00 - 14:00
The Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind (RWSC) announced the release of the Science Plan on January 25, 2024. Join this one-hour webinar to learn about how to access the Science Plan, how it was developed, and RWSC’s next steps for coordinating and implementing offshore wind and wildlife research.

Register for the webinar here

RWSC Acoustic Telemetry Workshop
2024-02-15 09:30 - 12:30 | https://zoom.us/j/96774928773
This is a joint meeting for the RWSC Sea Turtle and Protected Fish Subcommittees. Both the Sea Turtle and Protected Fish Species Subcommittees have identified a need for coordination around acoustic telemetry deployments, data management, and research. Both Subcommittees have decided to meet jointly in February 2024 to kick off this work with partners including the Responsible Offshore Science Alliance, Atlantic Cooperative Telemetry Network, and others. The specific goals of this initial session are to hear perspectives from partners about challenges and opportunities for regional collaboration with respect to acoustic telemetry and to identify discrete actions for RWSC, ROSA, and partners to facilitate collaboration, including:

Supporting a shared/internal map of all receiver deployments with essential metadata (PI contact info, deployment duration, co-deployed sensors, etc.)

Developing tools and best practices for acoustic telemetry data management (or adapt existing tools specifically for offshore wind research applications)

Developing best practices for regional scale acoustic telemetry data products that address key offshore wind research questions and meet the needs of decision makers

RWSC Sea Turtle Subcommittee Meeting
2024-02-27 10:00 - 12:00 | https://zoom.us/j/96389887649

RWSC Bird and Bat Subcommittee Meeting
2024-02-27 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-03-26 14:00 - 16:00 | https://zoom.us/j/98274980994

Stochastic Collision Risk Assessment for Movement (SCRAM) Webinar
2024-03-04 14:00 - 15:00
RWSC is hosting a Stochastic Collision Risk Assessment for Movement (SCRAM) Model Webinar on Monday March 4th from 2-3pm ET. Lead investigators from USFWS, BOEM, and Biodiversity Research Institute will give an overview of their stochastic collision risk (SCRAM) model that uses movement data from automated radio telemetry to estimate avian collision risk. Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ldempqT4tGdSNNkeplMRUjVtISg8YyB2K

RWSC Data Governance Subcommittee Meeting
2024-03-08 10:00 - 12:00 | https://zoom.us/j/92706165972
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RWSC Habitat and Ecosystem Subcommittee Meeting
2024-03-21 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-05-16 13:00 - 15:00 | https://zoom.us/j/92653063056

MTS-RWSC Joint Technology Committee
2024-03-29 11:00 - 12:00
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Register for the meeting here.

RWSC Sea Turtle Subcommittee Meeting
2024-04-16 10:00 - 12:00 | https://zoom.us/j/99261511298

Whale Detection Technology Evaluation Workshop Series- Session 1
2024-04-18 13:00 - 16:00
The joint RWSC-MTS Technology Committee, which includes members from government, the private sector, and environmental nonprofits, in partnership with two US Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories (the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory), with support from the DOE and contributions from NOAA, BOEM, and Turn Forward, will host a series of workshops aimed at assessing the state of the science regarding technologies, tools, and methods for monitoring marine mammals around offshore wind construction activities. Please save the date for the first workshop in this series on Thursday, April 18, from 1-4pm ET. Registration is required. The agenda can be found here.

RWSC Bird and Bat Subcommittee Meeting
2024-04-30 14:00 - 16:00 | https://zoom.us/j/97325291921
