Join The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk in an environmentally important study. Volunteers are needed to count and tag horseshoe crabs. Choose from two different programs. A free training session includes basics you will need as a volunteer to count and tag the crabs on the new and full moons of June at low tide (June 3 and 18). A “Citizen Scientist” program invites you to learn more about the crabs with an interpretive program and includes a chance to tag horseshoe crabs.

Horseshoe Crab Free Training, Wed., May 14 & Sat., May 17 from 7 to 9 p.m.
Free horseshoe crab training session. Choose just one session to learn how to tag, sex and measure horseshoe crabs. Training includes information on natural history of this species. These training sessions prepare you as a volunteer for June 3 and June 18 census dates. For more information see www.maritimeaquarium.org, click on “Long Island Sound” link across the top and then “Aquarium Research” on the left menu after the page loads. To participate, please call Joe Schnierlein, at the Aquarium: 203-852-0700, ext. 2352 or e-mail him at: jschnierlein@maritimeaquarium.org. Reservations requested.
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Horseshoe Crab Citizen Scientist, Sun., May 18 at 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The Maritime Aquarium invites you to be a “citizen scientist” in an exciting new series of programs focusing on marine science and the environment. Our May program invites participants to help with a Long Island Sound horseshoe-crab tagging program. Start out in an Aquarium classroom, learning about horseshoes crabs and their anatomy, plus their importance in our coastal ecosystem. Educators also will explain the ongoing horseshoe crab census being conducted in the Sound, and demonstrate how to tag one of these prehistoric-looking (but harmless) creatures. Then it’s off to a local beach for a tagging session with horseshoe crabs we find. You must be at least 10 years old to participate. Cost is $20 per person (Aquarium members save $2) or $35 for two (Aquarium members save $5). Advance registration required. Call (203) 852-0700, ext. 2206.

Sun., June 1, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Discover how climate change will impact Connecticut and learn how you can help. Leaders from the government, corporate, higher education and nonprofit sectors talk about the grave problems and great opportunities of climate change in our state, nation and world. The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk offers a special round-table with an extended question and answer session. Moderated by Bradford Gentry, Yale School of Forestry, presenters include: Mark Stoler, director and counsel environment, health and safety operations, General Electric; Gina McCarthy, commissioner, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection; and Adam Markham, CEO, Clean Air – Cool Planet.
To reserve your spot please call (203) 852-0700, ext. 2227 or e-mail: kblakely@maritimeaquairum.org.