PEOPLE ARE HELPING ANIMALS CROSS HIGHWAYS — AND THAT’S GREAT FOR HUMANS, TOO
Constructing animal-only culverts under busy roadways reduces wildlife-vehicle collisions. Click here to read more.
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The launch of a new urban research project and partnership at Legacy Park in Decatur!
The Legacy Park Amphibian Monitoring Team : Jeffrey Weiss (left) Research Intern at the Amphibian Foundation; Mark Mandica, Executive Director at the Amphibian Foundation; Michael Black (right) Senior Lecturer in the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State and DESB Natural Systems Board Member. We are excited to start a new research project and collaboration on our urban amphibian communities. Working with the Decatur Environmental Sustainability Board's Natural Systems subcommittee, we will be conducting regular surveys at Legacy Park to assess the health of the amphibian communities on the property. The knowledge gained by this study can help predict how restoration and development actions might impact amphibians and other wildlife occupying the park.
Marbled Salamanders detected in metro Atlanta by the MAAMP and Agnes Scott Amphibian Biology Class!
The Agnes Scott Biology of Amphibians continuing education class had an incredible field outing yesterday when we joined Metro Atlanta Amphibian Monitoring Program (MAAMP) community scientist Kate Carson at a new field site in the hopes of detecting Marbled Salamanders ( Ambystoma opacum ). Jeff, Rob, Kate, Anna, Christian and Anthony on our urban expedition to find Marbled Salamanders. Earlier in the year, The Nature Conservancy inadvertently unearthed a Marbled Salamander while removing invasive plants from the park. They reached out to us at the Amphibian Foundation and we were able to confirm this was only the second confirmed sighting of the species since the MAAMP began in 2014. Marbled Salamanders are considered 'common' throughout most if its range, but have suffered significant declines in developed and urban regions, probably due to loss of their breeding and upland habitats. Ephemeral (temporary) wetland breeding amphibians only use the wetland for a few w...
Sonya Wood Mahler from Cobb County Watershed Stewardship Program visits The Amphibian Foundation
Sonya came to see the new labs at the foundation and talk about Atlanta amphibian monitoring. She is leading a Cobb County Frog Call Workshop on March 14th - register for free by following this link .
A Great Resource for Promoting Urban Wildlife!
'InTownHawk' a website and blog by Amphibian Foundation member Bill Everitt contains a lot of great information and beautiful photography about Atlanta's Urban Wildlife and how to support it. Click here to visit In Town Hawk