🐸 This season, we’ve seen a lot of posts showing salamander egg masses displaced from their original anchor spots, pics of lifted masses, and of flipped logs showing red-backed salamanders. It’s fun to be on the lookout for them, but this comes with the responsibility to disturb those as little as possible. Caring Herping is […]
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EwA Conservation Reports
Giving Science Back to the People – Advancing Biodiversity & Climate Research 🔎 EwA Citizen Science Program » | 👥 EwA Naturalist Forum » | ✋ EwA Citizen Science Volunteering » Only through collaboration with naturalists and trained volunteers can we meaningfully monitor the indicators needed to assess the state of biodiversity. These indicators must […]
🐸 Ephemeral Living » Vernal Pool Explora
Summary ꙳ Objectives ▹ Vernal pools are unique seasonal wetlands that are mostly precipitation-fed. The term “vernal” relates to ‘spring’, as these pools often appear and fill to capacity with spring rainfalls and snowpack melting. They are short-lived and dry out by early to mid-summer, then they may refill partially in the fall. They support rich and diverse […]