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Sequoia-Kings: Yellow-legged Frogs #21350 02/10/12 07:12 AM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 8,509 Likes: 103 Fresno, CA S Steve C OP
OP Steve C S Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 8,509 Likes: 103 Fresno, CA	This is from the nps.gov website and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park. Here's the link. Quote: Giving Mountain Yellow-legged Frogs a Fighting Chance "Plop...plop...splash!" Have you ever heard this sound -- a frog hopping in or out of water -- or seen a frog or tadpole? Imagine not hearing this sound in a place where you did in the past? Wouldn't that be strange? Animals need a "helping hand" once-in-a-while for survival. For example, mountain yellow-legged frogs (Rana muscosa and Rana sierrae) are amphibians that inhabit naturally fishless lakes, ponds, and streams in the high country of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Once the most numerous amphibians in the Sierra Nevada, today mountain yellow-legged frogs have disappeared from 92% of their historic range. .... Read more

Re: Sequoia-Kings: Yellow-legged Frogs Steve C #21353 02/10/12 08:56 AM
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 567 Murrieta, CA quillansculpture
quillansculpture Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 567 Murrieta, CA	A few years ago, the California Red Legged Frog was re-discovered in Idyllwild on Mt San Jacinto. My ex, who works under Fish and Game in conservation and habitat told me signs were posted near the creek where the frogs were found. The discovery was so important and unique that there was a $5000.00 fine for getting within a certain amount of feet from the creek. Some of the people she worked with were sent out to kill trout in the streams. This is all really fascinating stuff when you take the time to read it. "Turtles, Frogs & other Environmental Sculpture" www.quillansculpturegallery.com twitter: @josephquillan If less is more, imagine how much more, more is -Frasier

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