Horseshoe Crab Survey, Great South Bay, Long Island
Each spring The Seatuck Environmental Association, a Long Island based wildlife conservation not for profit, conducts an annual survey of horseshoe crabs at Captree State Park. The survey runs around the new and full moons during May and June. Volunteer "citizen scientists" participate in the research of counting, measuring and tagging the crabs. The data is then compiled with other studies and shared with NY Department of Environmental Conservation and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
