South Fork Wind Farm Environmental Impact Statement 

Overview

Economic analysis in support of a wind farm EIS

Project Lead: Marcus Hartley, Don Schug, Mike Fisher

Northern Economics developed four sections of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS—published August 16, 2021) for the South Fork Wind Farm for the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). Northern Economics authored the sections on: 1) Commercial fisheries and for-hire recreation fishing; 2) Demographics, employment, and economics; 3) Environmental Justice; and 4) Navigation and vessel traffic. Northern Economics completed this work as subcontractor to SWCA Environmental Consultants.