'Shirts for Salamanders' contest to raise awareness (and funds) for Flatwoods Salamanders, among others

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The National Amphibian Expo has chosen to focus on supporting caudate conservation including the Garden's Frosted Flatwoods Salamander Recovery Project! “Shirts for Salamanders” is a t-shirt design contest in which the public will have an opportunity to design the front graphic which will be featured on the shirts.
The National Amphibian Expo has partnered with the Amphibian Ark, the Amphibian Conservation Program here, and the Costa Rican Amphibian Research Center to create the 'Shirts for Salamanders' T-shirt contest! The contest ends August 1st.

 For more information, please see the National Amphibian Expo's website here, or the Amphibian Ark's website, or the NAE's Facebook page.

A big thank you goes out to the National Amphibian Expo and Amphibian Ark for making this possible!
The proceeds from the shirt sales will go to supporting Flatwoods Salamander conservation as well as the conservation of Mossy Salamanders and the conservation project started by our friends and collaborators at the CRARC.

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