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Seafloor Mapping Plans for the Gulf of Maine

May 2, 2024

Several entities are conducting and planning to conduct seafloor mapping and characterization activities in the Gulf of Maine within the next year. Several new and updated layers in the Data Explorer, within the Bathymetry & Imagery category, show the footprints...

New High-Resolution Maps of Northeast U.S. Salt Marsh Carbon and Soil Properties

April 30, 2024

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and University of Massachusetts Amherst collaborated to develop raster-based models of northeast U.S. salt marsh soil properties. Soils and sediments account for the vast majority of...

Updated Marine Bird Distribution Models for U.S. Atlantic Waters Added to the Marine Life Library

April 25, 2024

Atlantic Puffn (August), Relative Density Launch Interactive Map Through a collaboration with the Marine-life Data & Analysis Team (MDAT), the Northeast Ocean Data Portal and Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal have updated their marine life libraries to include...

BOEM Public Comment Periods and Permitting Updates for Offshore Wind Projects

April 19, 2024

There have been several recent updates to the Portal’s Offshore Wind Projects page to reflect BOEM’s offshore wind planning, leasing, and permitting activities. That page includes the permitting status of each project and maps of detailed project plans...

Coast Guard Public Meeting: Proposed establishment of shipping safety fairways along the Atlantic coast

March 26, 2024

The Coast Guard has decided to host a public meeting on April 17, 2024 regarding the proposed establishment of shipping safety fairways along the Atlantic coast. In addition, the Coast Guard is extending the comment period on the proposed rule to May 17, 2024. View...

BOEM Announces Final Wind Energy Area in the Gulf of Maine

March 18, 2024

On Mar. 15, 2024, BOEM announced the designation of a Final Wind Energy Area (Final WEA) in the Gulf of Maine. The WEA totals about two million acres offshore Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, ranging from approximately 23 – 92 miles off the coast. BOEM...

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