With Horseshoe Crabs and Shorebirds returning please lend them a hand.

Please lend a hand – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnK32MoXtwU&feature=youtu.be – by flipping horseshoe and keeping a distance from feeding shorebirds. The shorebirds  have traveled thousands of miles and need to fatten up on horseshoe crabs eggs to migrate north.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOVtf5mC_vw

This is a good video to learn more about the Horseshoe Crab and Shorebird connection. Feast on the Beach: The Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Shorebird Connection.             https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKGc2rhGA5o

Horseshoe Crab Spawning Survey and Training Set

2024 Annual Slaughter Beach Horseshoe Crab Spawning Survey

Since 1990, surveys have been conducted of horseshoe crabs spawning in Delaware Bay. Despite the horseshoe crab’s importance to the ecology of Delaware Bay, little is known about its population status. Spawning surveys give scientists an index of the population to assist them in the management of the species. Now, every spring on several peak spawning days, volunteers donate their time to count crabs on key beaches in Delaware and New Jersey.

The Delaware Nature Society at Abbott’s Mill Nature Center, Milford, will once again be coordinating the annual Slaughter Beach horseshoe crab spawning survey

This year’s training date and survey dates and times can be found here: Training flyer-word format 2020

 

 

Sen. Carper and Rep. Blunt Rochester Kick off Coastal Protection Week at Slaughter Beach

Kathy Lock, Mayor, greeted Sen. Carper, Rep. Blunt Rochester along with DNREC Sec. Shawn Garvin, Major General William “Butch” Graham, and Lieutenant Colonel Ramon Brigantti both from the USACE. Mayor Lock was also invited to testify at the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee field hearing at Bethany Beach Town Hall. The hearing was attended by Sen. Carper and Rep. Blunt Rochester along with Louisiana Gov. J.B. Edwards, Delaware Gov. John Carney, Mayor Lock, Maj. Graham, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General for South Atlantic Division Brig. Gen. Jason E. Kelly, and Coastal States Organization Executive Director Derek Brockbank.  Mayor Lock’s formal comments can be read here.

You can read Sen. Carper’s press release here: https://www.carper.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=F00BD6CE-7C68-4978-956A-CD0353AF0B8C

You can follow Sen. Carper on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SenatorCarper?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

News Coverage concerning this event can be found here: https://www.delawarepublic.org/science-health-tech/2022-02-22/sen-carper-pushes-for-increased-focus-on-beach-replenishment-and-coastal-restoration

And here: https://baytobaynews.com/stories/delaware-officials-tout-coastal-protection-week,71975

Mayor Lock’s testimony from the hearing can be found here:Testimony of Mayor Kathleen Lock_2.19 additions

May 28th U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Vessel Safety Check Station

The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is hosting a Vessel Safety Check Station on May 28th.  See flyer for more details:  VSC 5-28-22