Mid-Atlantic Region
Delaware/New Jersey
Delaware Bay Annual Horseshoe Crab Census
Since 1990, volunteers have helped the University of Delaware
and Limuli Labs collect valuable data on the status of
the Delaware Bay horseshoe crab population. The census
is ongoing in May and June. For more information about
the annual horseshoe crab census, click on the Delaware
link:
http://www.ocean.udel.edu/mas/bhall/hsccensus/index.html or
the New Jersey link:
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/shrbdhlp.htm
Contact: Dr. Bill Hall (Delaware) at (302) 645-4253 or e-mail bhall@udel.edu
Ms. Benjie Swan (New Jersey) at (609) 465-6552
Delaware Bay Migratory Shorebird Project
Volunteer opportunities: conduct observations for color-banded shorebirds;
assist with shorebird banding; conduct environmental education at shorebird
viewing sites.
Contact: Amanda Dey at (609) 292-9451/9400 or e-mail adey@dep.state.nj.us
New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, Endangered and Nongame Species
Program,
P.O. Box 400, Trenton, NJ 08625
Delaware Shorebird Migration Monitoring Project
Delaware Coastal Programs, British Trust for Ornithology, Wash Wader Ringing Group
Contact: Kimberly Cole, (302) 739-3451 or Cameron Haughey, (302) 739-3436
http://shorebirds.skalizar.net/
Delaware Audubon Society
Volunteer opportunities: banding red knots, horseshoe crab census.
Contact: (302) 428-3959
Delaware Nature Conservancy
Volunteer opportunities: horseshoe crab monitoring at Big Stone Beach.
Contact: John Graham, (302) 684-5346
http://nature.org/volunteer/
Maryland
Horseshoe Crab Spawning Survey
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Contact: Tom O'Connell, (410) 974-2241
Southeast Region
South Carolina
Marine Resource Research Institute
Volunteer opportunities: surveying spawning animals on barrier
islands and coastal beaches; tagging adult animals; nesting
surveys; tracking.
Contact: Elizabeth Wenner at (843) 762-5050 or e-mail wennere@mrd.dnr.state.sc.us
1-800-861-8270 (Volunteer Hotline)
http://www.dnr.state.sc.us/marine/mrri/horseshoe/volunteer.htm
Northeast Region
Connecticut
Horseshoe Crab Spawning Census
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Marine Headquarters
Contact: Penny Howell at (860) 434-6043 or e-mail penny.howell@po.state.ct.us
Massachusetts
Shorebird Monitoring Program
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Contact: (508) 457-0495, ext. 108 |
