Speak up for the Kachemak Bay Research Reserve; it needs your help!

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egc community monitoring event covered by Homer independent press

Jun 26, 2026 | News

Summary

Community helps KBNERR monitor for the invasive European green crab.

a person in a hat stands on the shoreline opening a metal crab trap with a white plastic bin at her feet
Harmful Species Lead Jasmine Maurer removes native hairy helmet crabs from a shrimp trap, set the day before, on Friday, June 19, 2026, on the east side of the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer Independent Press)

About two dozen community members, kids and adults alike, dipped their toes into citizen science efforts and joined the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve last Friday to monitor for invasive European green crabs. Read the rest of the story by Delcenia Cosman of the Homer Independent Press here.