In 1981 Wisconsin’s Frog & Toad Survey (WFTS) was started. It was started to confirm belief’s that the frog & toad population was decreasing in the WI area. In 1984, the WFTS began surveying the state for native frogs & it is now one of the longest running amphibian monitoring program in North America.
There are close to 100 different routes that volunteers will travel along to see if they can hear any native frogs/ toads. Volunteers will travel out 3 times a year to see which native frogs/ toads they can hear. The data is then analyzed and compared to previous years to see how the population of each frog/ toad is doing. The results look like this:
WI is home to 12 different frog/ toad species.
American Toad
Blanchard’s Cricket Frog
Boreal Chorus Frog
Spring Peeper
Cope’s Gray Treefrog
Gray Treefrog
American Bullfrog
Green Frog
Pickerel Frog
Northern Leopard Frog
Mink Frog
Wood Frog
How many of these have you seen before? My grandparent’s have a cottage on Robert’s Lake up north and I remember catching most of these as a child (and everytime I go up there).
If you would like more information you can visit them at http://wiatri.net/inventory/frogtoadsurvey/index.cfm.
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