CIB Seeks Volunteers for Horseshoe Crab Survey
The Delaware Center for the Inland Bays (CIB) seeks volunteers to assist with the 2016 Horseshoe Crab Survey. This citizen science volunteer effort gathers data about horseshoe crab spawning populations at sites on Rehoboth Bay, Indian River Bay and Little Assawoman Bay.
An orientation program for volunteers will be held on Thursday, April 7 at 6:30 pm at the CIB office located on Inlet Road in Delaware Seashore State Park on the north side of Indian River Inlet. For more information, or to RSVP for the meeting, contact Andrew McGowan at environment@inlandbays.org or at (302) 226-8105 x112.
The surveys are conducted at high tide on evenings around the full moon and new moon throughout May and June. Volunteers will count the number of horseshoe crabs, record data and carry equipment between count sites. For more information about the Inland Bays Horseshoe Crab Survey go to www.inlandbays.org/hcs.
The Center for the Inland Bays is a non-profit organization established in 1994 to preserve, protect, and restore Delaware’s Inland Bays, the water that flows into them, and the watershed around them. With its many partners, the CIB conducts public outreach and education, develops and implements restoration projects, encourages scientific inquiry, and sponsors research.