Join the Frog and Toad Call Survey

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Come Join the Frog and Toad Call Survey for its 30th Anniversary!

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​Calling all wildlife watchers! The Iowa DNR will be hosting three live online training workshops for anybody interested in getting involved in the Frog and Toad Call Survey. Prospective surveyors must attend one of the three scheduled workshops. The trainings will be held via Zoom on Saturday March 27th from 10:00 am to noon, Monday March 29th from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm OR Tuesday April 6th from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. 

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The Frog and Toad Call Survey has a long tradition, starting in 1991. That was the first year a troop of community scientists learned the frog and toad calls and trooped out into the night to visit wetlands across the state. Over the years, volunteers have collected data on over 2,200 wetlands and provided an incredible record of  frog and toad activity. 

Program coordinator Stephanie Shepherd explains, “It's rare to have such a broad set of data collected over so many years on ONE species, much less a whole group of vulnerable species.”

To get involved with the frog and toad call survey you will need an adventurous spirit and the interest to learn up to 16 frog and toad breeding calls. Interested volunteers can see whether there are any survey routes near them by browsing  the maps of available routes on the DNR website. If you don't see an available route that will work, creating your own survey route is also an option. The time commitment for conducting the survey and submitting data is roughly 10 hours total between April and July each year and will require being out after dark for roughly 2 hours during each survey period.
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Each workshop will be limited to 20 households and a $5.00 fee is required. Registration will close on March 22nd at 5 pm or whenever the 20 household per workshop limit has been reached. Direct questions to Stephanie Shepherd at vwmp@dnr.iowa.gov. 

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Interested volunteers must register for one of the three training workshops. Workshops are limited to 20 households each. Registration will close when that number of registrants has been reached or on March 22nd, 2021, whichever comes first. 

• March 27, 2021 – Saturday – 10:00am to 12:00pm. The zoom session will open at 9:50am to allow people to get in and get settled. The workshop will start promptly at 10am.
• March 29, 2021 – Monday – 6:30pm to 8:30 pm. The zoom session will open at 6:20pm to allow people to get in and get settled. The workshop will start promptly at 6:30pm.
• April 6, 2021 - Tuesday - 6:30pm to 8:30 pm. The zoom session will open at 6:20pm to allow people to get in and get settled. The workshop will start promptly at 6:30pm.

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There is a $5 fee to cover workshop materials. For more information and to register, go to www.iowadnr.gov/vwmp or e-mail vwmp@dnr.iowa.gov

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