Invasive European green crab are voracious eaters that threaten our shellfish beds, clamming beaches, and nearshore habitat for salmon. Join Washington State University Extension and University of Washington Sea Grant in this effort to monitor our beaches for signs of green crab presence by searching for their molts. This event includes a 2-hour workshop which will teach you how to identify the crab molts, where and how to conduct a 20-minute Molt Search survey, how report your findings using a mobile app, and how to collection additional data on Dungeness crab molts if you wish.
After a short break (bring a hearty snack or a sack lunch), the training workshop will be followed by a Bio Blitz survey on Edmonds beaches.
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Training Workshop at the Francis Anderson Center Room 206
12:00 pm – 1pm pm Break
1 pm – 3 pm Bioblitz of Edmonds beaches
Green crab molt photo by Emily Grayson, Washington Sea Grant
Volunteers on the beach photo by Jonathan Robinson, WSU Snohomish County Extension
