by Susan | Sep 27, 2010 | Chytrid disease, Frog Conservation, Frogs as Pets, How You Can Help, Invasive Species, Uncategorized
In an effort to stem the spread of the deadly chytrid fungus that is wiping out amphibian populations, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is considering banning the importation of amphibians and their eggs without a permit certifying the animals are...
by Susan | Sep 20, 2010 | Chemicals in the Environment, Creating a Wildlife Friendly Backyard, How You Can Help, Living a Frog-Friendly Life
We’re so pleased that Marlene A. Condon offered to share her expertise about creating wildlife-friendly gardens and backyards. Marlene is a nature writer and photographer with a passion for creating wildlife habitat around homes. A field editor for Birds &...
by Susan | Sep 13, 2010 | Amphbian research, Chytrid disease, How You Can Help, People Helping Frogs and Toads
Below is a re-post from the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation project about their newly launched Text-Frog campaign to raise 50 K for their amphibian rescue program. We hope you will consider helping this worthwhile amphibian conservation effort by donating $5...
by Susan | Jun 20, 2010 | Amphibian habitat loss, Children and Nature, How You Can Help, Invasive Species, Living a Frog-Friendly Life, Uncategorized
A couple of months ago, we received a lovely email from a reader named Marty who lives in in Eastern Pennsylvania (Lehigh County) one hour south of the Pocono Mountains. Here’s part of the email: What’s the best thing I can do as a Dad to teach my...
by Susan | Apr 22, 2010 | Earth Day, Frogs Are Green contests, How You Can Help
We are happy to announce the winner of our first FROGS ARE GREEN Earth Day contest, in which we asked people to send in ideas about how to help the environment, using the following words as inspiration: renew, rebuild, reconnect, or rethink. We received lots of great...
by Susan | Apr 7, 2010 | Amphibian habitat loss, Frog Conservation, habitat loss, How You Can Help, Life Cycle of Frogs, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Salamanders
This past weekend, I went hiking with my family in Harriman State Park in New York. We’ve had a very wet spring—well, actually it sometimes seems as if we’ve been living in a rainforest. It’s possible that all this rain will means lots of frogs and...
