On May 18, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Watershed Services Division, in partnership with the US Fish and Wildlife, Flag Pond and Assateague State Park, will host an event to mark the culmination of months of study by the Raising Horseshoe Crabs in the Classroom program.
The program educates students about current aquatic natural resource management issues through hands-on activities while raising horseshoe crabs that will be released into the wild at the events.
“We know that students who show an early interest in the environment and the outdoors grow up to be Marylanders who will respect and protect Maryland’s natural resources,” said DNR Secretary C. Ronald Franks. “That’s why programs like ‘Raising Horseshoe Crabs in the Classroom’ are so vital.”
The horseshoe crab release events are an opportunity for the students to celebrate what they have learned and to participate in a host of hands-on activities.
Each student will visit several stations where they will learn about how the medical industry uses horseshoe crab blood, the relationship between the crabs and shorebirds, tagging and anatomy, and how to survey and predict horseshoe crab populations.
On May 18th at Flag Ponds Nature Park in Calvert County, 27 students from Plum Point Elementary School, 41 students from Great Mills High School and 30 students from Benjamin
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