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Volunteers Needed to Monitor Frogs
Maine Audubon seeks volunteers to listen for and note the sounds of frogs along specific roadside routes on several evenings from early spring through summer for the Maine Amphibian Monitoring Project. "Citizen science" volunteers are needed for roadside routes in Advent Swamp (west of Bridgewater, DeLorme Maine Atlas Map 59), Bridgewater, Caucomgomac Lake, Dedham, Ellsworth, Monroe Center, Musquacook Lake I (T11 R11 WELS), Patten, Pittston Farm (Pittston Academy Grant, DeLorme Maine Atlas Map 48) and Springfield. "With winter hanging on for so long this year, many are anxious to hear the quintessential sound of spring in Maine: wood frogs and peepers," said Susan Gallo, a Maine Audubon biologist who coordinates the project. Wood frogs-Maine's earliest emerging amphibians, which sound distinctly like quacking ducks- have started calling in York County. Begun in 1997 by Maine Audubon and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, the monitoring project provides important data to assess amphibian populations not only across Maine but nationwide as part of an effort coordinated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Volunteers conduct surveys first in early spring to hear spring peepers and wood frogs, then in late spring to hear American toads and northern leopard and pickerel frogs, and finally in early summer for gray tree, green, mink and bullfrogs. They make 10 stops along their routes, waiting five minutes at each stop and noting the frog species they hear. Surveys take about two hours to complete and must be conducted after sunset. Volunteers should be able to make a three-year commitment to the monitoring project. Prior knowledge of frog calls is helpful, but training material as well as an audio quiz is available at www.pwrc.usgs.gov/naamp. Those interested in participating should call Susan Gallo at (207) 781-2330, ext. 216, or e-mail citsci@maineaudubon.org.
MAINE AUDUBON works to conserve Maine’s wildlife and wildlife habitat by engaging people of all ages in education, conservation and action. With a 160-year history of connecting people with nature, Maine Audubon today is affiliated with Audubon’s national organization and has seven local chapters in the state. Support for Maine Audubon comes from 11,000 members and supporters. Maine Audubon maintains some of the most productive, science-based conservation and research programs in the region. Initiatives such as the Maine Loon Project, the Maine Cooperative Owl Surveys and ongoing programs to monitor and protect the endangered piping plover and least tern are made possible through partnerships with volunteers, public agencies, universities and conservation organizations.For more information or to become a member of Maine Audubon, call (207) 781-2330 or click here.
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