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  • Forest Service hasn't found any invasive green crabs at Anan or Etolin so far

    Larry Persily and Leilani Combs, Wrangell Sentinel|Sep 10, 2026

    "Great news," said Anna Belback, a natural resource technician with the U.S. Forest Service Wrangell Ranger District. Surveyors have not found any invasive European green crabs in their shoreline walks and traps on the northwest coast of Etolin Island. Even more good news: None of the destructive crabs have been found around Anan Bay either, reported Paul Robbins, public affairs officer for the Tongass National Forest. "It was really good habitat in general for crabs that like intertidal areas,"...