ROUGE RIVER WATERSHED FROG AND TOAD SURVEY
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Bloomfield Township Hall - 4200 Telegraph, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303
Saturday, March 1, 2008 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Livonia Civic Center Library - 32777 Five Mile Rd, Livonia, MI 48154
Wednesday, March 5, 2008 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Canton Summit on the Park, Walnut Room - 46000 Summit Parkway, Canton, MI 48188
See our 2008 Workshop Schedule
If you are interested in surveying for frogs and toads in the Rouge River Watershed, please chose a training workshop to attend and contact FOTR to register (313) 792-9621 or send an e-mail to monitoring@therouge.org to register. Surveys are done March through July every year.
Click here for 2007 Frog and Toad Survey results
Click here for 2006 Frog and Toad Survey results (pdf)
Click here for 2005 Frog and Toad Survey Results (pdf)
Click here for 2004 Frog and Toad Survey Results (pdf)
Click here for WatchFrogs Program Information
Amphibians
are sensitive indicators of environmental quality. Changes in frog and toad
populations can reflect changes in water quality and land use. Surveying these
populations over time provides baseline data that can be used to track the effect of
development and other changes on the watershed. For the past five years, Friends of the Rouge has trained thousands of volunteers to survey
for these sensitive creatures throughout the watershed.
The survey is fun and simple and does not require volunteers to get wet
or muddy, just to go out and listen for their springtime calls.
We
began this survey in 1998 in one small part of the watershed in the communities
of
To participate in this simple survey, attend one of our workshops held throughout the watershed in February and March. The workshops provide you with all the information and materials needed to participate, including a training manual and a recording of Michigan frog and toad calls. At the workshop, you will choose or be assigned a quarter square mile block in which to survey. If you have wet areas in your backyard and you are in the Rouge River watershed, this could be your backyard! Spend a few hours learning the calls of frog and toads found in our watershed. Then just visit your site every few weeks in the evening from March through July and write down what species you hear and don't hear. It's that easy!
There are currently nine species of frogs and toads currently heard in the watershed. They have been categorized according to the sequence in which they begin calling in the watershed. Please click on the links below for details.
Michigan Native Frog & Toad Species
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For more information e-mail monitoring@therouge.org or call (313) 792-9621.
Please visit this site again as we will be continually updating and adding more information.