Greetings fellow Bayshore Watershed folks & friends,

IMPORTANT: PLEASE PASS THIS EMAIL ON TO ALL INTERESTED FRIENDS & FAMILY. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!!!

It is that time of year again when the Bayshore Watershed Council starts to prepare for another Horseshoe Crab Monitoring & Tagging season in May & June.  We have our NJDEP permit now in hand, a fresh box of tags from the US Fish & Wildlife service, so we are ready to go!

I hope you will be able to join us this year. Last season was not only interesting, but a really fun and worthwhile time. Please consider joining us this May & June. 

TRAINING:

A training session for our upcoming 2011 Horseshoe Crab monitoring project will take place on Monday, April 25th at 7:30pm at The Bayshore Waterfront Park in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown Township, located at the northern end of Main Street in Port Monmouth, along the bay. The park is situated Port Monmouth Road meets Main Street in Port Monmouth, off of Highway 36. There is a gravel parking lot. Training should not take more than an hour.

 Below are the dates, times & locations for the upcoming HSC monitoring & tagging season:

MONITORING & TAGGING DATES:

Tuesday, May 3, 8:30pm

Tuesday, May 17, 8:30pm

Wednesday, June 1, 8:30pm

Wednesday, June 15, 8:30pm

 Monitoring Locations & Beach Captains

1) Plum Island at Sandy Hook: Beach Captain will be Christine Bell from Brookdale Community College, and Shannon Evans/Laura Bagwell as co-Beach Captains on May 3rd.

2) The mouth of Many Mind Creek in Atlantic Highlands: Beach Captain will be Joe Reynolds

3) Leonardo Beach along Beach Avenue: Beach Captain will be Joe Martin

4) Conaskonck Point Park in Union Beach, at the end of Front Street. Beach Captain will be Marissa Weber

5) Cliffwood Beach, Aberdeen Township. Beach Captain will be Christine Balint.

We will need about 5 volunteers per site to help count and tag Horseshoe Crabs. Just like last year, if you have a cordless drill please bring one. Tape a 5/32” drill bit up 1/8" from the tip to tag the crabs. Also, we will need measuring tape and rulers. Also, bring plenty of flashlights.

For more information about this project, please access our website address devoted to this activity at:

 http://www.bayshorewatershed.org/bw/Current%20Projects/*%20Horseshoe%20Crab%20Monitoring/

Any questions, please let me know. Otherwise, please pass this email on to any and all interested friends & family. We will need plenty of volunteers this year!!!

Thanks & fair winds,

Joe Reynolds

Co-chair

Bayshore Regional Watershed Council

www.bayshorewatershed.org

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