These documents are listed in alphabetical order below with summaries and links to PDF copies.
- Best Practices for Offshore Wind Development: Monitoring and Research (PDF, 369 KB) - Developed in 2024 by CZM on behalf of the Habitat Working Group on Offshore Wind Energy—in consultation with MassCEC, DMF, and MassWildlife—this fact sheet summarizes working group discussions and recommendations and provides guidance to developers on monitoring and research plans developed for studying and assessing the impacts of offshore wind projects on wildlife and habitat.
- Best Practices for Offshore Wind Development: Wildlife Mitigation (PDF, 356 KB) - Also developed in 2024 through the Habitat Working Group collaborative effort, this fact sheet focuses on best practices for mitigation plans to protect wildlife and habitat potentially impacted by offshore wind projects.
- Boulder Relocation in Offshore Wind Development: A Framework for Guidance and Policy (PDF, 367 KB) - Developed in 2024 by CZM and DMF (in consultation with federal and state agency partners) on behalf of the Fisheries Working Group on Offshore Wind Energy, this document summarizes the working group’s discussions and recommendations to help inform the development of best practices and regulatory policy for boulder relocation activities connected with offshore wind projects.