Protecting Our Web-footed Friends
Roadkill
- 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
Oregon spotted frogs 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
Barriers
- 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 is effective.
Here's how one family attacked their toad problem (complete with musical accompaniment):
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?
