

FL Horseshoe Crab Watch Training
CHNEP volunteers participated in a FL Horseshoe Crab Watch training with the FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute! Berlynna Heres, FWC FL Horseshoe Crab Watch Coordinator, trained over 40 volunteers in one morning to participate in the surveys. This citizen science program began in 2015 to train citizens in surveying and tagging Florida’s horseshoe crab populations! Horseshoe crabs come onto the beach during high tides to spawn which allows scientists to collect valuable