Save the Horseshoe Crabs, Delaware Bayshore
The Delaware Bayshore has more horseshoe crabs than anywhere in the world! These prehistoric creatures come to the beaches to spawn from April to July, but being relatively unchanged for the last 400,000,000 years, they aren’t the most nimble and often get caught in the jetties.
Alongside leaders of the New Jersey Audubon Society, the Wetlands Institute, and a dozen new friends, we participated in the reTURN The Favor program to rescue impinged horseshoe crabs (a species whose rare blood has been vital for modern medicine!). We’re proud that our group saved 48 of them, and since 2013, this program has rescued over 1 million! To join their volunteer efforts, check the calendar for their beach walks, which occur multiple times a week in late spring and early summer.
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