FrogWatch Training Workshops

Frogs and toads play a crucial role in wetland ecosystems and are considered indicators of environmental health. Many frog and toad populations have been in decline, and it is important to understand the scope, geographic scale, and cause of these declines. FrogWatch U.S.A. is a national community science project focused on inspiring conservation through education. Once volunteers are trained to identify frogs by their unique calls, they select a local wetland to monitor through the spring and summer. We have partnered with the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk and Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo to form the Peabody-Beardsley-Maritime Chapter.