Ohio Volunteers Help In Toad Count

SULLIVAN TOWNSHIP, Ohio—This time of year in Ohio, volunteers are out in the dark of night, listening for the sounds of frogs and toads among the state’s ponds, streams and ditches.  For the last 12 years, the Ohio Division of Natural Resources has been compiling data to track the range and population of the animals. Dozens of volunteers have been helping in the spring and summer months.
   
The citizen scientists learn to recognize the different sounds of the different frogs and toads and note their locations. Ohio officials plan to begin analyzing the 12-year accumulation of information to get a better reading on the health of the amphibian population in the state. Many amphibians worldwide are threatened with extinction.

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