Volunteer Project (Crab Team) – Washington Sea Grant, Crab Team (Seattle, WA)
Are you interested in a very short-term volunteer project to help Puget Sound? The Crab Team invasive green crab monitoring program needs help on Friday, April 7th preparing bait for the upcoming monitoring season.
What is Crab Team?
Crab Team is a partnership between Washington Sea Grant, the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, and others to lead a volunteer-based early detection and monitoring program to improve our understanding of native salt marsh and pocket estuary organisms, and how they could be affected by green crabs. https://wsg.washington.edu/community-outreach/environmental-threats/invasive-green-crab-volunteer-monitoring/
How Can I Help?
On Friday, April 7th, we’ll be cutting, weighing, and bagging crab bait (mackerel) that will be distributed to volunteers throughout Puget Sound. No prior experience is required but you should have a strong stomach and not be too squeamish about blood (mackerel blood, that is). You should wear ‘field clothes’ you don’t mind getting dirty/stinky. It’s smelly, messy work but we make it fun. Check this out: https://twitter.com/pseanmc/status/846793167630319616
How Can I sign up?
Select as many of the following 2-hour blocks as you’d like and respond to this email. Minimum commitment is 2-hours but the fun will last. All. Day. Long.
April 7th in FSH 332
09:00AM-11:00AM
10:00AM-12:00PM
11:00AM-01:00PM
12:00PM-02:00PM
01:00PM-03:00PM
02:00PM-04:00PM
For more information, contact Sean psean@uw.edu