<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Hi everyone,</span></p><p class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">I wanted to let you know that Scott R. McWilliams from the Avian Ecology & Physiology Group at the University of Rhode Island will be visiting WHOI this week. He will be giving the Biology Seminar on Thursday, focusing on "Where to Place Offshore Wind Farms if Birds Matter."</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Scott will be available after his seminar and would be happy to meet with those interested.</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Please let me know if you’d like to arrange a meeting with Scott, and I will be glad to coordinate.</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Best Stef</span></p><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 16, 2024, at 9:13 AM, Ana M Velez <<a href="mailto:ana.velez@whoi.edu" class="">ana.velez@whoi.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 867px; border-collapse: collapse; border: none;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="463" valign="top" style="width: 347.4pt; border-top-width: 2.25pt; border-style: solid none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class="">Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class="">Biology Department Seminar<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class="">Thursday, September 19, 2024 – 12:00 Noon<o:p class=""></o:p></div></td><td width="127" style="width: 95.4pt; border-top-width: 2.25pt; border-style: solid none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Scott R. McWilliams<o:p class=""></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class="">Professor, University of Rhode Island<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Where to Place Offshore Wind Farms if Birds Matter<o:p class=""></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class="">Offshore wind energy development (OWEDs) is a key part of the U.S. push to increase renewable energy production over the foreseeable future, but like any natural resource exploitation there are potential costs of such development that ideally are minimized. We describe the process (called the Ocean Special Area Management Plan, OSAMP) used to decide where to locate the first OWED in U.S. waters, and outline why it’s better than the traditional approach typically used to assess potential impacts of human development projects. Birds were a key part of the OSAMP analysis because southern New England is a recognized important area for many types of marine birds. For example, during winter most sea ducks in eastern North America inhabit nearshore coastal areas where >400,000 ha are now leased for offshore wind energy developments (OWED) by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). We combined spatial distribution models of marine birds from aerial and boat-based surveys with spatial conservation prioritization (SCP) software to identify sites with high marine bird conservation priority that aided evaluation of proposed OWED sites, and led to the ban of OWED in nearshore waters <20 m deep in Rhode Island. We also assessed movements of satellite-tagged sea ducks throughout their annual cycle to delineate key habitats selected on their wintering grounds, along with migration routes to and from breeding, molting, and wintering areas. We discuss the important implications of this information for bird conservation and management as OWED becomes more common off the U.S. Atlantic coast.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class="">HYBRID!<b class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In Person</b>:<b class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Redfield Auditorium<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">Zoom:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/97000865816" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/97000865816</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Meeting ID: 970 0086 5816<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">By phone</b>: Find your local number:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/u/adIvMow3LQ" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/u/adIvMow3LQ</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;" class="">For questions, contact:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 114, 196);" class="">Ana María Vélez</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;" class="">Administrative Associate<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;" class="">Ph: (+1)(508)289-2334<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Avenir Book";" class=""><span id="cid:image001.png@01DB0601.55990FF0"><image001.png></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><span id="cid:E960B5B4-BA25-4695-8FCB-39D17C5A6E9F"><09_19_2024 Scott McWilliams.pdf></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">biodep maillist - </span><a href="mailto:biodep@whoi.edu" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">biodep@whoi.edu</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>