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Trustees hear update on horseshoe-crab monitoring; volunteers sought
Summary
Trustees received an update on DEC-certified horseshoe-crab monitoring: 12-night seasonal counts with tagging and reporting in partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension and New York DEC; volunteers and students are encouraged to take part.
A presenter briefed the Stanton County Trustees on the 2026 horseshoe-crab monitoring program, describing training, tagging procedures and the volunteer schedule.
The presenter said DEC training has been completed and that monitoring nights coincide with full and new moons, typically across 12 nights surrounding those tides. Teams will tag animals, record counts, and report data to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Cornell Cooperative Extension. "We get 50 tags in Northwest Harbor, and we basically attach them to the the top left part of the shell and release them," the presenter said.
The data support statewide assessments and conservation work; the presenter noted that horseshoe-crab eggs feed migrating shorebirds and that the program involves students from the high school as citizen scientists. The presenter asked the public to photograph any tagged crab and report the tag number to the trustee office to assist tracking efforts.
Trustees thanked volunteers and organizers; no formal action or funding request was recorded during the report.
