Michigan

Wood frogs, peepers, and yellow spotted salamanders (plus other more rare species) emerge from thick forests on the first rainy nights of spring when the temperature stays over 40 degrees, and migrate to vernal pools and swampy wetlands where they lay their eggs. This migration often takes them across roads, where they are frequently observed as roadkill. Our team is building a map of Hartford’s most amphibian-trafficked road-crossings – and we go out in the rain on the April-May nights when this migration occurs, collecting data and moving frogs and salamanders across the road. Get in touch and get a reflective jacket and join us.