Harris Center Salamander Crossing Brigade Workshop, Thursday, March 12

Big Night and Salamander Crossing Brigades are happening soon! Do you live near wetlands, or a river, stream, lake or pond? These areas are alive with amphibian activity in early spring.

Green Mountain Conservation Group, Chocorua Lake Conservancy, and Tin Mountain Conservation Center are encouraging area residents to contribute to citizen science by identifying amphibian migration hot spots in the Saco Watershed and monitoring the amphibian road crossings near your home. Anyone can participate in a Big Night Salamander Crossing Brigade, help amphibians to cross the road safely, and collect data about species that are on the move. Big Night, the first warm, rainy night (or nights) of spring, when amphibians migrate from their winter homes to spring breeding grounds, is weather-dependent and could happen any time March through May.

To learn more about when you should go out to look for them and participate in your own brigade, attend a training session below and submit your data for anywhere in the Ossipee Watershed at www.gmcg.org. Harris Center Salamander Crossing Brigade Workshop, Thursday, March 12 (or via recording after): https://harriscenter.org/…/salamander-crossing-brigade… (and recording). Please help save the historic migration crossing for amphibians across the state and contribute to valuable data collection supporting this effort. FMI, contact education@gmcg.org.

Please share this PSA with others, too!: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fFTvI_DfKiI