New York State
Environmental Technical Working Group

Specialist Committees
Guidance for Monitoring Avian Displacement
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As the offshore wind industry develops in the U.S. Atlantic, effective monitoring is needed to detect potential effects to wildlife. The Environmental Technical Working Group (E-TWG) therefore convened a Specialist Committee, chaired by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to advance recommendations for the effective detection and characterization of changes in marine bird distributions and habitat use in relation to offshore wind development. These recommendations are intended to complement BOEM's existing avian survey guidelines for site characterization.
The Committee developed two guidance documents: 1) Guidance for Pre- and Post-Construction Monitoring to Detect Changes in Marine Bird Distributions and Habitat Use Related to Offshore Wind Development and 2) Recommendations or Evaluating the Use of Existing Baseline Observational Survey Data for Birds in Offshore Wind Site Characterization Processes for the U.S. Atlantic.
