Integrated Science Plan for Offshore Wind, Wildlife, and Habitat in U.S. Atlantic Waters

Welcome

This is the website for the Integrated Science Plan for Offshore Wind, Wildlife, and Habitat in U.S. Atlantic Waters.

The RWSC Steering Committee, state and federal government agencies, offshore wind companies, environmental nonprofits, and RWSC’s host entities—the Northeast Regional Ocean Council and Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean with the Coastal States Stewardship Foundation—collaboratively developed the Science Plan with the research community to inform future data collection and research.

  • RWSC is serving as a coordination hub for offshore wind research to increase collaboration, limit redundancy, suggest common data standards, and increase data sharing and transparency.

  • The Science Plan describes data and research needs for the larger community, whether funded by the RWSC or not.

  • The Science Plan provides a framework for the RWSC Steering Committee when making decisions on what projects to fund via the RWSC.

  • For additional context and information about how RWSC will implement the Science Plan, view the recording of the RWSC Science Plan Release Webinar held on February 9, 2024.

Format

The Science Plan is written in plain text documents using RMarkdown. All of the text and code to generate the website is stored in the Science Plan GitHub Repository. The Science Plan’s website is built by GitHub Actions, which runs code every time RWSC makes a change. This ensures that content is up-to-date and versions are tracked. The current version information and preferred citation is below.

This approach was inspired by and leverages the resources made by the Openscapes initiative and the Openscapes Approach Guide that was built with Quarto.

Providing Feedback

The best way to provide feedback on the Science Plan is to contact RWSC directly and join upcoming Subcommittee meetings.

To provide feedback specific to this Science Plan website, and if you have a GitHub account, you can submit an issue (e.g., typo fixes, citation updates and additions).

Citation

RWSC (Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind). 2024. Integrated Science Plan for Offshore Wind, Wildlife, and Habitat in U.S. Atlantic Waters. Version 1.0. https://rwsc.org/science-plan. Accessed MM-DD-YYYY.

Acknowledgements

The Science Plan was developed by the RWSC Steering Committee based on recommendations from the RWSC Subcommittees and a variety of other experts.

License

This website is free to use, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.