The Sand Lance is a herring-like species that spawns on sandy portions of the Puget Creek Beach. We expect to begin a study that will document the population of the sandlance and how it uses the beach. The methodology would include sampling the sand between the months of November and February in a prescribed manner and documenting the number of eggs we find. We hope to include some underwater camera placement to capture some of the Sand Lance on video. The biggest obstacle will be that the Sand Lance only show themselves when it is dark, which makes it more difficult to document them on camera.

 

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