Bergen Kludt-Painter, Sunny Rice, Gabe Dunham, and Dunham's children conducted a molt walk after checking the green crab traps on July 2.
Invasive European Green Crabs first showed up in Alaska on July 19, 2022, and have been slowly but surely advancing north, with Etolin Island just south of Wrangell being their northernmost sighting.
Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program Agent Sunny Rice and her Community Engaged Fellowship intern Bergen Kludt-Painter checked traps kept on Mitkof Island on July 2, 2026 to see if any European Green Crabs had arrived. To their relief, there were no Green Crab in the traps at Woodpecker Cove.
Rice and Indian Environmental General Assistance Program Director for the Petersburg Indian Associatio...
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