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June 2024
Molt Search Public Training (King County)
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…
Find out more »Molt Search Volunteer Training (Skagit County)
Washington Sea Grant and Washington State University Extension have teamed up to launch a new volunteer-based early detection program to complement the existing Crab Team monitoring network. This event is a 2-hour workshop where you will learn how to identify crab molts, where and how to conduct a timed Molt Search survey, how report your findings using the MyCoast mobile app, and optionally how to collect additional data on Dungeness crab molts. Program partners from Padilla Bay NERR, Northwest Straits…
Find out more »Virtual workshop: Marine carbon dioxide removal and marine energy in the Pacific Northwest (Day 1)
Given expanding scientific and technological interest in using the ocean for marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) and marine energy (ME; also called marine renewable energy or marine hydrokinetic energy), it will be essential to design responsible, community-forward research that is attentive to societal priorities, especially during early technical deployments. While some sensible limits can already be placed on projects (e.g., limiting the size, scale, and impact of testing in the direct marine environment), understanding the place-based needs and priorities of…
Find out more »Virtual workshop: Marine carbon dioxide removal and marine energy in the Pacific Northwest (Day 2)
Given expanding scientific and technological interest in using the ocean for marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) and marine energy (ME; also called marine renewable energy or marine hydrokinetic energy), it will be essential to design responsible, community-forward research that is attentive to societal priorities, especially during early technical deployments. While some sensible limits can already be placed on projects (e.g., limiting the size, scale, and impact of testing in the direct marine environment), understanding the place-based needs and priorities of…
Find out more »Molt Search Volunteer Training (Virtual)
Washington Sea Grant and Washington State University Extension have teamed up to launch a new volunteer-based early detection program to complement the existing Crab Team monitoring network. This event includes a virtual workshop where you will learn how to identify crab molts, where and how to conduct a 20-minute Molt Search survey, how report your findings using the MyCoast mobile app, and optionally how to collect additional data on Dungeness crab molts. Sign me up! If you are interested in getting…
Find out more »Molt Search Volunteer Training (Virtual)
Washington Sea Grant and Washington State University Extension have teamed up to launch a new volunteer-based early detection program to complement the existing Crab Team monitoring network. This event includes a 1.5-hour workshop where you will learn how to identify crab molts, where and how to conduct a 20-minute Molt Search survey, how report your findings using the MyCoast mobile app, and optionally how to collect additional data on Dungeness crab molts. Sign me up! If you are interested in getting…
Find out more »Molt Search Volunteer Training (San Juan County)
Washington Sea Grant and Washington State University Extension have teamed up to launch a new volunteer-based early detection program to complement the existing Crab Team monitoring network. This event includes an hour and a half long workshop where you will learn how to identify crab molts, where and how to conduct a 20-minute Molt Search survey, how report your findings using the MyCoast mobile app, and optionally how to collect additional data on Dungeness crab molts. Sign me up! If you…
Find out more »Salish Sea-wide Molt Blitz!
Washington Sea Grant and Washington State University Extension have teamed up to launch a new volunteer-based early detection program to complement the existing Crab Team monitoring network. Already trained? Stop by your local shoreline on June 20th to complete a Molt Search independently, contributing to Washington's largest single-day dataset on molt distribution across the Salish Sea. Need to get trained or want to participate with others? Shorelines across the region will be activated by local partners on June 20th (or…
Find out more »Molt Search Public Training (Snohomish County)
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…
Find out more »Molt Search Public Training (Thurston County)
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…
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