by Emily Grason | Apr 9, 2020 | Team News
April 9, 2020 Dear Crab Team enthusiasts, I’m excited to introduce myself as the new Crab Team coordinator. During these unusual times, I know that many of us are striving to fill our days with meaning and more time outdoors. Once it is safe to do so, I look forward...
by Emily Grason | Mar 31, 2020 | Monitor Resources, Team News
March 31, 2020 March and April are typically the busiest months on the Crab Team annual calendar, as staff and volunteers reunite for training workshops to relaunch the monitoring season. This spring, however, the Crab Team office has been almost entirely empty over...
by Emily Grason | Nov 1, 2019 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Site Spotlight: Dungeness Spit Region: Sequim Launched: 2017 with Crab Team, but trapping since 2000 Staff & Volunteers: US Fish & Wildlife Service Sites: 383 (Graveyard Spit Lagoon); 384 (Graveyard Spit Channel); 385 (Base Lagoon) Dungeness Spit is well known...
by Emily Grason | Nov 1, 2019 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Creature Feature: Purple Shore Crab Species Name: Hemigrapsus nudus Common Name: Purple shore crab Species Code: HENU Geographic Range: Southern Alaska, USA to Baja Peninsula, Mexico Size: Females up to 56mm (2.2”), males up to 58mm (2.3”) The mud can be sticky, the...
by Emily Grason | Nov 1, 2019 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Green Crab: Can They Smell? Chances are you’ve never heard of pheromones. Yet these chemical compounds are profoundly important. They’re even the basis for what we think of as attraction — after all, how many times have you heard about couples who have “great...
