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Horseshoe Crabs

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Horseshoe Crabs Protect Us, Let’s Help Protect Them!  Learn About Their Role in Vaccine Safety Plus 3 Ways to Make a Difference By: Amey Best, NECWA Volunteer Childhood summers on the eastern shore meant the familiar sight of horseshoe crabs—living links to a prehistoric past. Seeing a poster about these ancient mariners and their importance to the Massachusetts coastline at the New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance (NECWA) booth brought back memories. I had to show my daughter, “They are older than dinosaurs!” My intention was to point out the fascinating coolness of horseshoe crabs as NECWA all-stars Krill and Billie-Jo empowered us with information (and stickers).  What I wasn’t expecting to discover, however, was their life-saving secret: Horseshoe crabs have a unique blood component crucial for ensuring the safety of vaccines and medical products worldwide. Horseshoe Crabs Keep Our Vaccines Safe Did you know that horseshoe crabs have VIBRANT blue blood? Some would call it...
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From Whaling to Whale Watching

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NECWA at the Boston Sea Rovers Ocean Symposium

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  NECWA had a great time yesterday, Sunday, at the Boston Sea Rovers Ocean Symposium. Krill and Billie-Jo attended on behalf of NECWA. On Sunday afternoon, Krill provided a PowerPoint presentation on NECWA's ocean sunfish rescue and research activities.  The crowd was fabulous and was very interested in the work that NECWA is doing. Krill appreciated and enjoyed the communication with the audience, especially when they laughed at all her corny jokes!  NECWA hopes to attend again in the future. Check out their website for this is a great non-profit organization. To go to the Boston Sea Rovers website, click HERE ! 
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Happy St. Patrick's Day from all of us at NECWA

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  Here is a vegan recipe for today's feast. By eating less meat and dairy or by going vegan, you can reduce your carbon footprint and reduce the needless suffering of animals in factory farms.  https://www.forksoverknives.com/recipes/vegan-salads-sides/roasted-red-potatoes-and-cabbage/
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Salt goes to Middleboro High School

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 Join us for a fun and free event at the Middleboro High School. With Sustainable Middleboro and the Middleboro High School Yes Club, NECWA is putting on quite an event for the whole family! Lots to learn and do!
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Plymouth Farmers Market - Thursday, February 13, 2025 from 2 - 5 pm

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Stop by the NECWA information table at this week's Plymouth Farmers Market and learn more about this superher! And don't just stop at our table! The market has lots of great food, veggies, lotions, soaps, and other other delightful and delicious things for sale. And just in time for Valentine's Day!
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Fun GIF Created by NECWA Intern Siani

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This fun GIF of an Ocean Sunfish was created by Siani, one of our 2025 winter interns. Siani had not had a lot of experience with GIFS so she took on this project and created something really great. Internships provide the platform for high school and college students to experiment with graphic design and animation techniques, gaining experience needed for their profession.
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NECWA Shark Week In Review Written by Emily Gerrior Intern Sarah helping at the blockprinting table. On July 24, 2024 and July 26, 2024, NECWA hosted two events themed around Shark Week. The first was at the Middleborough Public Library and the second was at the Bridgewater Public Library. For both events, we set up stations where attendees could make their own authentic shark tooth necklaces and create colorful block prints of sharks and other marine wildlife.  Free educational material for all Along with our assortment of diamondback terrapin, horseshoe crabs, and ocean sunfish artifacts, we also had shark jaws and a real fossil megalodon tooth on display.  Marine wildlife artifacts on display As soon as we opened the doors to both events, attendees poured into the room! The megalodon tooth and the shark tooth necklace station proved to be extremely popular among younger attendees. We also received several questions about our other marine life artifacts, which we w...
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Join NECWA founder and marine biologist, Krill Carson, for this fun and informational program at the Wellfleet Public Library on Monday, August 19th. All are welcome to this free program.   
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