by WSG Crab Team | Mar 13, 2023 | Community Science, Monitor Resources, Team News
March 13, 2023 Crab Team has come a long way since a handful of intrepid early-adopter volunteers put their boots in the mud for our pilot season in August 2015. Since that time, the network has: Increased from 7 to 67 sites, Expanded beyond the Salish Sea to include...
by WSG Crab Team | Aug 17, 2022 | Community Science, Monitor Resources
August 17, 2022 This year marks Crab Team’s eighth monitoring season, a fact that completely blows our minds. Some of the Crab Team sites have been systematically sampled since we kicked off in August 2015. As this long term ecological dataset grows even longer, it...
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 | Sep 10, 2018 | Community Science, Monitor Resources
September 10, 2018 One strength of the Crab Team protocol is that it enables us to confidently compare findings among sites, and track changes over time – even if different people are doing the sampling. With sampling on this scale, even the small steps can be...
by WSG Crab Team | Nov 21, 2017 | Community Science, Monitor Resources
November 21, 2017 One strength of the Crab Team protocol is that it enables us to confidently compare findings among sites, and track changes over time – even if different people are doing the sampling. With sampling on this scale, even the small steps can be...
by WSG Crab Team | Nov 6, 2017 | Community Science, Monitor Resources
In addition to creating a scientifically robust sampling scheme, and one that is sensitive to finding green crab when they are rare, Crab Team also put a great deal of thought and guidance into the protocol with the goal of being good stewards of Washington’s...