If you’ve been exploring Teatown’s trails lately, you’ve probably noticed an abundance of crayfish leaving Teatown Lake en masse. Last week, Teatown Environmental Science Academy (TESA) students counted over a dozen crayfish while hiking the full Lakeside Trail loop. Visitors and neighbors of Teatown have been stopping their cars to help scoot them out of the road, and Teatown Campers have been helping them off the trails and back to safety.
So, what’s the cause of the crayfish boom? To get to the bottom of this, Dr. Danielle Begley-Miller, our Director of Science and Stewardship, deployed her secret weapon: science.
