Frogwatch USA was created as a means
to detect population trends in populations of frogs and toads
throughout the United States. This group of animals has been
undergoing large-scale declines and extinctions in the U.S. and the
world. Interested volunteers do 3 minute counts of calling frogs
and toads in the spring at their ponds and wetlands and submit
their data via the World Wide Web to a data base. Data collected
act as a baseline for comparisons with future years and documents
understanding of the extent and magnitude of these changes.
Volunteers comes from throughout the entire U.S. population and
would primarily come in
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