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| Endangered Oregon spotted frogs returned to native habitat |
| By wildlifeextra.com |
| Published: 11/18/2009 |
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November 2009. In an ongoing effort to recover native Puget Sound wetland species, some 500 endangered Oregon spotted frogs have been released into the wild after spending the first nine months of their lives in a captive-rearing program. The frogs, most weighing less than two ounces, were collected as fertilized eggs last spring, and "head-started" in captivity at the zoos and the Cedar Creek Corrections Center near Olympia to improve their chance of survival once they return to the wild. The frog release is the second in a five-year collaborative effort led by WDFW to establish a self-sustaining population on the Fort Lewis site. Approximately 600 frogs reared at Northwest Trek Wildlife Park and Oregon Zoo were released at the same location last year, 28 of which received radio transmitters for tracking. Raised in prison This year, two Cedar Creek inmates raised a number of the young frogs through the Sustainable Prisons Project, a partnership between The Evergreen State College and the Washington State Department of Corrections that allows incarcerated men and women to participate in science-based conservation projects. Read More. |
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