The RWSC Steering Committee and Staff have developed an Introduction to the Integrated Science Plan for Wildlife, Habitat, and Offshore Wind Energy in U.S. Atlantic Waters. This introductory document:  Describes the purpose of the Science Plan, which involves coordination among the four Sectors (states, federal agencies, eNGOs, and offshore wind companies) to advance the RWSC Mission with respect to generating relevant, credible, and efficient offshore wind and wildlife research  Reflects input from the RWSC Subcommittees over the past year This is an embedded Microsoft… [More]

The RWSC Marine Mammal Subcommittee convened a small work group to develop data management and storage best practices for long-term and archival Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) data. This is a living document that will be updated by the Subcommittee as practices and technologies advance. The document is available for download as a pdf and to view as an interactive web page. The purpose of this document is to address the data collection, management, and storage phases of a long-term/archival PAM project to ensure that while numerous individual entities may be… [More]

On June 22, 2022, we invited the public to join a webinar to hear about how RWSC is structured, our focus over the next six months and beyond, and how your organization can get involved. View the recording and download the slides.

To best reflect its multisector work along the Atlantic coast to coordinate science and research related to offshore wind and wildlife, the RWSE is changing its name to the Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind (RWSC). The RWSC continues to be led by a Steering Committee with equal representation from four sectors: federal government, state governments, offshore wind companies, and environmental non-governmental organizations. Since launching the organization in July 2021, the Steering Committee, four sectors, and hosts – the Northeast Regional Ocean Council… [More]

The Regional Wildlife Science Entity (RWSE) is pleased to announce a collaborative funding plan for the continuation of Aerial Megafauna Surveys in the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Wind Energy Areas to support pre-construction monitoring for offshore wind development from January through August 2022. Read the full announcement.