The U.S. Interior Dept. today announced that it was joining land managers from other nations in signing the Protected and Conserved Areas Joint Statement on Climate Change and Biodiversity Crises, which was submitted to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change COP26 and the Convention on Biological Diversity. U.S. signatories include NOAA, the Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of [...]
Archive | November, 2021
Comments Sought on Alaska Coastal Mapping Draft Implementation Plan
NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey today announced on behalf of the Alaska Mapping Executive Committee that comments are being sought by Monday, Jan 31 on a draft Alaska Coastal Mapping Strategy Implementation Plan. The draft Implementation Plan, an outgrowth of the 2019 Presidential Memorandum on Ocean Mapping of the United States Exclusive Economic Zone and the Shoreline and Nearshore of Alaska, provides [...]
U.S. Commits to Ocean Plan within 5 Years
During the World Leaders Summit at COP26, the United States today announced its decision to join the High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (“Panel”), a group of 15 nations committed to protecting at least 30% of the global ocean by 2030 and developing a “sustainable ocean plan” for all waters under national jurisdiction within 5 years of joining [...]
BOEM Seeks Comments on Preparation of EIS for MA Wind Lease Sale
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced that it is seeking comments by Wednesday, Dec. 1 on its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the review of a construction and operations plan submitted by Mayflower Wind Energy, LLC for a wind energy facility off Massachusetts with proposed interconnection locations at Falmouth and Brayton Point. In conjunction [...]
BOEM Seeks Comments on Proposed Wind Lease Sale Off North Carolina
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced that it is seeking comments by Jan. 3, 2022 on its proposal to hold a commercial wind energy lease sale in the Carolina Long Bay area offshore North Carolina and issue a single lease using a multiple-factor bidding auction format. The proposed lease sale area includes ~128,000 acres and comprises [...]
BOEM Seeks Nominations, Comments on Gulf of Mexico Wind Energy Leasing
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced that it is seeking nominations, interest in, or comments on commercial wind energy leasing in ~29.9 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico by Thursday, Dec. 16. BOEM stated that competitive interest exists based on comments received in response to last summer’s Request for Information. The Call Area encompasses the [...]
