Lessons Learned ..... While Doing Maintenance Activities Where There Are California Red-legged Frogs

Jennifer Hogan

California Department of Water Resources

Sacramento, CA

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HOGAN, JENNIFER
California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA, jhogan@water.ca.gov

Lessons Learned ..... While Doing Maintenance Activities Where There Are California Red-legged Frogs

Maintenance activities within the Department of Water Resources Delta Field Division’s ponds and drainages have provided some opportunities and challenges for DWR Environmental Scientists. Regulatory agencies, handling techniques, habitat determination, and survey results have all provided us with a chance for further understanding. Learning to deal effectively with the regulatory agencies was the first challenge. Handling California red-legged frogs and tadpoles in a safe and reliable manner provided another learning opportunity. Learning to determine red-legged frog habitat also proved to be interesting, since we discovered these frogs in areas where we initially did not expect them to be. The most exciting lesson learned, though, is that the work we are doing in these drainages appears to be good for the frogs. DWR is now entering its fourth year of these maintenance activities. We will undoubtedly learn more lessons as we continue our work. Hopefully, we will also continue to benefit this threatened frog.