by WSG Crab Team | Jun 1, 2021 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Site Spotlight: Cypress Island Number: 541 Region: Cypress Island, San Juan Islands Launched: 2017 Site Captain: Erin Stehr Habitat Type: Lagoon Have you ever been to Cypress Island Aquatic Reserve? If so, you must have a boat (or a friend with one!), as this...
by WSG Crab Team | Jun 1, 2021 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Grainy hermit cautiously moving across the beach at low tide. Photo courtesy of Jeff Adams Featured Creatures: Species Name: Pagurus granosimanus Common Name: Grainyhand or grainy hermit crab Species Code: PAGR Geographic Range: Unalaska, Alaska to Ensenada, Baja...
by WSG Crab Team | Jun 1, 2021 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Photo courtesy of Jackson Blalock Green Crab: Elephants in the Eelgrass Guest contributor Brett Howard completed her Ph.D. research at Simon Fraser University focused on the impacts of European green crab on ecosystems in British Columbia. She currently works for...
by WSG Crab Team | May 13, 2021 | Community Science, Team News
May 13, 2021 We are thrilled to share that Washington Sea Grant Crab Team won this year’s University of Washington College of the Environment award for Outstanding Community Impact. Crab Team members Kate Litle, Jeff Adams, P. Sean McDonald, Emily Grason, Amy...
by WSG Crab Team | Dec 23, 2020 | Green Crab Management
December 23, 2020 One of the big successes this year was the launch of a local removal effort in Drayton Harbor. In spite of COVID, in spite of wildfire smoke, in spite of everything that 2020 had to throw at us, the collaborative management team was able to...