Why and What Is A Frog Fence?
Posted by Duncan Page on Tue, Sep 07, 2010
Why?
In the Sandbar Wildlife Management Area on the northeast shore of Lake Champlain in Vermont, a frog fence is used to reduce roadkill of leopard frogs along a state highway.
In the Klamath Basin in Oregon, a frog fence is used to protect the Oregon spotted frog from being decimated by the heavy tread of grazing cattle.
In the backyards of America, frog fences are used to keep frogs out of swimming pools.
What?
In Vermont, rolls of silt fence are put up along both sides of the highway for three months. Openings were left at 100 foot intervals in the 1,000 foot long fence.
In Oregon, a three-and-a-half-mile-long fence was erected as a cattle barrier.
Around swimming pools, a wire fence made with 1/8" hardware cloth or a small mesh plastic fence high enough to prevent frogs from jumping over are effective.
Have you ever seen a frog fence?
Have you ever built a frog fence that was effective? Care to share any tips?
Should state or federal money be allocated for frog fences?
