Abstract
Deepwater Wind Rhode Island, LLC (Deepwater) contracted Tetra Tech EC, Inc. (Tetra Tech) to complete a comprehensive baseline assessment of avian and bat resources within and surrounding the Block Island Wind Farm (BIWF) Project Area in an effort to characterize the avian and bat communities and use this information to assess the potential impacts posed to these resources by the proposed BIWF. Surveys were performed in the offshore area where wind turbine generators (WTGs) are proposed as well as adjacent offshore and nearshore areas. In addition, surveys were conducted along the southern coast of Block Island and a portion of the north shore of the Great Salt Pond. Collectively these areas comprised the BIWF Study Area.
This document is related to the Block Island Wind Farm Project Site.