Herring Count Training

Are you interested in volunteering? Do you like to be outside?

Become a Herring Count volunteer!

River Herring, Alewife and Blueback Herring are migratory fish that live in the ocean and move into our rivers, lakes, and ponds, including Beaver Dam Brook and Fresh Pond, to spawn as adults. The juvenile fish then return to the ocean to live as adults. Herring counting helps record the number of herring coming to spawn in the stream to help us understand herring populations and how restoration efforts are working.

This is a training for a seasonal volunteer opportunity at Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary with Mass Audubon. Time commitment is once a week for approximately 1 hour, on a self-scheduled day and time, from April - May.

For more resources about herring, please visit the Tidmarsh Herring Count Project Webpage: Tidmarsh Herring Count Project (massaudubon.org)

If you are interested in volunteering but cannot attend this event, please contact Kim Snyder at [email protected]