Another mitten crab
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- March
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This makes three in the Hudson River. I’m referring to mitten crabs, the furry-appendaged, invasive crab from Asia. The first was found in June near Nyack, the second at Cold Spring in October and the latest in December in Newburgh in Orange County. Scientists announced the latest last month, which brings the total of these bad-news crustaceans to 13 in the Mid-Atlantic region.
In a nut(crab)shell, the mitten crabs’ presence has scientists on alert because the exotic species could destroy native shellfish and their habitats. Many of these ecosystems are already struggling and the presence of a crab that can breed quickly and overwhelm local fauna is bad news.
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Journal News staff writer Greg Clary writes Earth Watch, reporting on environmental issues in the lower Hudson region. Clary has been a reporter, editor and columnist at the Journal News since 1988 and has covered police and courts, transportation, municipal government, development and the environment in the Lower Hudson Valley, among other topics. 
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Mike Risinit covers Patterson and Kent in Putnam County, as well as environmental topics touching on the Hudson River and the Great Swamp. Risinit has been a reporter at The Journal News since 1998.
