Got frogs?
Citizen-scientists are needed to help locate amphibians around Clark County in the fourth year of a volunteer monitoring program designed to gauge one important measure of ecological health.
A three-hour, free training program will be offered from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Washington State University Vancouver, 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave. The event will be held in the university’s library, Room 201.
Participants will visit a survey site to learn techniques. Volunteers will look for eggs from red-legged and chorus frogs, as well as northwestern and long-toed salamanders. The information is then logged into a database.
Amphibians can be an indicator that wetlands are functioning well, according to event organizer Peter Ritson, a chemistry instructor at Clark College. Wetlands provide wildlife habitat, filter pollutants, recharge groundwater and help corral floodwaters.
