Beacon Wind Digital Aerial Wildlife Surveys for BOEM Lease Area OCS-A 0520, Equinor Wind US LLC, December 2019 – November 2020

Original provider:
APEM Inc.

Dataset credits:
APEM Inc. and Normandeau Associates Inc.

Abstract:
Equinor Wind US, LLC were committed to undertaking a Construction and
Operation Plan (COP) of Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
Lease Area Outer Continental Shelf (OCS-A) 0520, now called Beacon Wind.
To facilitate this, 16 surveys were undertaken by APEM Inc. and
Normandeau Associates, Inc. (Normandeau-APEM Team) between
December 2019 and November 2020 to provide baseline information for
consideration in the assessment of potential impacts. Additional surveys
were collected between March 2021 and October 2021 and can be accessed
at https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2187.