Molt Search Public Training (Virtual)
June 17 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Past Molt Search training in action (credit: Jess Newley)
Are you a beachwalker? A shell collector? Keep an eye out for invasive green crabs while you do by participating in “Molt Search“, a new early detection community science program by Washington Sea Grant & WSU Extension designed to help managers direct resources to undersearched or green crab detected beaches. It’s a systematic beach walk, where you spend 20 person-minutes collecting and identifying all crab molts you find and submit that information via the MyCoast app.
You’ll leave this virtual training knowing more about European green crab in the region, crab ID, and Molt Search protocols.
Where: Zoom
Sign me up! Register here for the Zoom link! This event is offered as prep for the Salish Sea Wide Molt Blitz happening on June 20th. Find a beach activation event near you to get some guided practice that day, or head to your own local shoreline to contribute to the state’s largest single-day dataset on molts.
More details on the June 20th Molt Blitz here.
Send any questions to: crabteam@uw.edu
Keep in touch: To keep up-to-date on future Molt Search volunteer opportunities and program updates, sign up for the “Molt-o-Meter” newsletter.