Conservation group looking for volunteers for horseshoe crab count

TIMES RECORD • April 7, 2025

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust is seeking volunteers for a long-standing community science program that collects data on horseshoe crab populations in the Damariscotta River estuary. Horseshoe crabs will soon be arriving at the shores of estuary to lay their eggs. A volunteer training session will be from 3-5 p.m. next Friday, April 18, in the Denny Conservation and Education Center at Coastal Rivers’ Round Top Farm in Damariscotta.