Video

Crayfish Removal with High School Volunteers

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

Description

We took a group of our high school volunteers out for a day of crayfish removal! The crayfish seen in this video are a non-native species that thrives in the waters of the Santa Monica Mountains, eating the eggs of amphibians, disrupting fragile fresh water environments and hosting a variety of unwelcome parasites. A noticeable decrease in amphibians has been attributed to crayfish predation. Crayfish are continually introduced to the Santa Monica Mountains because of their utilization as fishing bait.

Duration

2 minutes, 25 seconds

Credit

National Park Service

Date Created

02/04/2014

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