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FrogWatch USA™ is a citizen science program of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). FROGZ
FrogWatch USA volunteers learn to identify local frog and toad species by their calls during the breeding season and how to report their findings accurately. By mastering these skills, volunteers gain increased experience and control over asking and answering scientific questions which, in turn, augments science literacy, facilitates conservation action and stewardship, and increases knowledge of
03/28/2020
For everyone's safety, there will be no FROGZ group monitoring at LCNP until the park re-opens. Everyone take good care of yourselves!
Lake Conestee Nature Preserve COVID-19 Relief Fund Lake Conestee Nature Preserve is a 400 acre wildlife sanctuary located just south of downtown Greenville, SC. LCNP is owned and operated by a small non-profit and depends on revenue created from our field trips, public events, grants, and donations to keep up the preserve. Due ...
02/05/2020
First of the year American toad seen hopping on the trail tonight! We heard spring peepers in full chorus too!
02/04/2020
The FrogWatch season has officially begun! Did you get outside to monitor this weekend? What did you hear?
February 1 is the first day of the 2020 FrogWatch monitoring season! 🐸
01/04/2020
A very interesting piece of technology for monitoring frog calls!
Researchers Develop a “FrogPhone” to Remotely Call Frogs in the Wild Researchers have developed the 'FrogPhone', a novel device which allows scientists to call up a frog survey site and monitor them in the wild. The FrogPhone is the world's first solar-powered remote survey device that relays environmental data to the observer via text messages, whilst conducting rea...
10/19/2019
https://www.iucn-amphibians.org/iucn-species-survival-commission-ssc-leaders-meeting/
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Leaders’ Meeting – IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Leaders’ MeetingOctober 18, 2019Written by Amaël BorzéeLeave a comment IUCN has issued an urgent call to massively scale up species conservation action in response to the escalating biodiversity crisis. The Abu Dhabi Call for Global Species Conservation Act...
09/10/2019
Enjoy and share these four videos about citizen science and FrogWatch USA featuring FROGZ! Many thanks to Early Legacy Journalism students and PBS Newshour!
https://studentreportinglabs.org/youth-reporting/?school_id=183&location=&topic=&submit=Submit”
Reporting Lab Reports | PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs Check out the latest videos from the Student Reporting Labs.
08/30/2019
Last night was the last scheduled group monitoring for the FROGZ Chapter's 8th season at Lake Conestee Nature Park. That's a wrap!
08/18/2019
This is interesting research on chytrid fungus in boreal toads that is taking place in Wyoming.
UW Researchers Investigate Western Wyoming Toad's Ability To Fight Disease Boreal toads were once common in the western part of the United States. Today, the toads, and many other amphibians, are under attack from a deadly skin
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