Conserve It Forward
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Small acts, BIG change.
Our Mission: To promote environmental education, awareness, and action that benefits
both the natural world and people, inspiring youth and communities to Conserve It Forward!
Frog Resources
4 categories of information, so you learn more about amphibian conservation and ways you can help!
When we save frogs, we save the environment! Become a Citizen Scientist, make some frog habitat, learn from leading organizations, and even check out some helpful products, all ways to help our froggy friends and the environment!
Citizen Science
Become a FrogWatch USA Volunteer
"FrogWatch USA is a citizen science program established in 1998 to provide individuals, groups and families with opportunities to learn about wetlands in their communities by reporting on the calls of local frogs and toads.
Though this program has been managed by many organizations over the years, in 2022 the AZA https://www.aza.org/amphibian-conservation [Association of Zoos & Aquariums] appointed the Akron Zoo as the new managing organization for FrogWatch USA.
FrogWatch USA encourages volunteers to collect and contribute information about the breeding calls of frogs and toads to a national dataset that is publicly available online. The information collected by thousands of FrogWatch USA volunteers across the United States is then analyzed to inform the development of environmental protection and amphibian conservation strategies."
Live in Florida? Become a Cuban Treefrog Reporter
Through a Citizen Scientist program led by Dr. Steve Johnson at the University of Florida
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learn how to identify invasive Cuban Treefrogs
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send in photos or information to report your Cuban Treefrogs sightings.
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Make Habitat
Make some frog habitat at your home, school, or business!
Providing frog habitat is easy and doesn't have to cost anything!
Some things you may use are:
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Old storage containers, bowls, or containers; even if they have cracks or are broken, they can be used as habitat!
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3 foot piece of PVC pipe in the ground acts as a treefrog house, providing shelter from predators like cats and birds; the UF IFAS site has some great information on “How to Make a Treefrog House”
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Rocks
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Ground cover
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Water source
Make sure to consider providing space to live, breed, hide and hydrate!
The “Backyard Wildlife Tips” video from the Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy, produced by The Sticky Tongue Project, will also be helpful for you to watch!
Check out Attracting Amphibians from the National Wildlife Federation.
Links
Some of our favorite links!
Fun fact: Save the Frogs! awarded Conserve It Forward Founder Avalon Jade Theisen the Nate the Newt Award for Amphibian Conservation in 2011, and the Save the Frogs Day Award in 2012, both of which helped Conserve It Forward grow!
Frog call look-up and frog listening quiz
Florida’s frogs: for information about Florida's frogs, visit UF Wildlife – Johnson Lab
Florida's frogs: play Conserve It Forward's word search games to learn about Florida's arboreal, aquatic, and terrestrial frogs
Products
Products you can choose that will help frogs!
If you have a pool, then you need a Critter Skimmer. It replaces your old skimmer lid with a new one that has a spiral ramp that leads to an opening in the cover so frogs and other small animals can escape your pool. If you have a pool, make sure you check these out!
The goal of making this frog habitat was to attract Southern toads, but it attracted much more! We were even able to make space where tadpoles appeared one day, and eventually one grew into a big bullfrog!
