{"id":4170,"date":"2017-09-06T11:29:01","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T15:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/?p=4170"},"modified":"2017-09-06T11:29:01","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T15:29:01","slug":"maf-researchers-investigate-wind-farm-impacts-on-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/2017\/09\/06\/maf-researchers-investigate-wind-farm-impacts-on-users\/","title":{"rendered":"MAF Researchers Investigate Wind Farm Impacts on Users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--themify_builder_static--><\/p>\n<p>Professor Tracey Dalton, colleagues, and MAF students were recently featured in two local newspapers, The Block Island Times and The Westerly Sun, for their research projects associated with the Block Island Wind Farm. Dalton is collaborating with Julia Livermore from Rhode Island\u2019s Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM), to investigate the perceived and actual ecological effects of the wind farm on the local marine ecosystems. Additionally, Dalton is collaborating with RI DEM and resource economists at URI to investigate how recreational boaters are affected by the Block Island Wind Farm.<\/p>\n<p>Read more from The Block Island Times: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blockislandtimes.com\/article\/wind-farm-ecological-impact-study-underway\/49779\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.blockislandtimes.com\/article\/wind-farm-ecological-impact-study-underway\/49779<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more from The Westerly Sun: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewesterlysun.com\/news\/westerly\/10728547-154\/uri-students-join-dem-staffers-to-collect-data-on-effects.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.thewesterlysun.com\/news\/westerly\/10728547-154\/uri-students-join-dem-staffers-to-collect-data-on-effects.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information about the projects, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/dalton\/windfarm\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/dalton\/windfarm\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/RIDEM.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4170]\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/RIDEM.jpg\" alt=\"RIDEM\" \/> <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/RIDEM2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4170]\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/RIDEM2.jpg\" alt=\"RIDEM2\" \/> <\/a><!--\/themify_builder_static--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Tracey Dalton, colleagues, and MAF students were recently featured in two local newspapers, The Block Island Times and The Westerly Sun, for their research projects associated with the Block Island Wind Farm. Dalton is collaborating with Julia Livermore from Rhode Island\u2019s Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM), to investigate the perceived and actual ecological effects [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}