Final Cape Wind Avian and Bat Monitoring Plan

TY - RPRT
TI - Final Cape Wind Avian and Bat Monitoring Plan
AU - ESS Group, Inc
AB - Cape Wind Associates (CWA) has proposed to construct a wind turbine facility and associated infrastructure in federal waters off the coast of Massachusetts. The Cape Wind project area is located on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts. The Nantucket Sound Action Area (Action Area), as defined in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Biological Opinion, includes all of Nantucket Sound, the waters between Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, and waters off the eastern shore of Nantucket. Since project permitting began a decade ago, the project’s potential impact to bird and bat species has been carefully evaluated. In addition, CWA has worked throughout the permitting process to develop a comprehensive avian monitoring plan.Cape Wind has done extensive research to permit the first offshore wind park in the United States. Much of this research has centered on minimizing potential wildlife impacts, especially to avian resources. The research, monitoring program, and mitigation described in this Avian and Bat Monitoring Plan (ABMP) was first formalized in the Framework, which was included in the FEIS (MMS, 2009).
DA - 2012/08//
PY - 2012
SP - 67
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Fixed Offshore Wind
KW - Collision
KW - Displacement
KW - Bats
KW - Birds
ER -

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Abstract

Cape Wind Associates (CWA) has proposed to construct a wind turbine facility and associated infrastructure in federal waters off the coast of Massachusetts. The Cape Wind project area is located on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts. The Nantucket Sound Action Area (Action Area), as defined in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Biological Opinion, includes all of Nantucket Sound, the waters between Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, and waters off the eastern shore of Nantucket. Since project permitting began a decade ago, the project’s potential impact to bird and bat species has been carefully evaluated. In addition, CWA has worked throughout the permitting process to develop a comprehensive avian monitoring plan.

Cape Wind has done extensive research to permit the first offshore wind park in the United States. Much of this research has centered on minimizing potential wildlife impacts, especially to avian resources. The research, monitoring program, and mitigation described in this Avian and Bat Monitoring Plan (ABMP) was first formalized in the Framework, which was included in the FEIS (MMS, 2009).