- Q & A With SAVE THE FROGS! Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger (April 4th, 2020). Dr. Kriger addresses questions, such as:
- What do you think are the new challenges in conservation of amphibians?
- What is a good habitat that can be made at home for frogs/toads in the UK. We have a paved garden, what could we build?
- I would like to know what we can do about invasive species such as bullfrogs here in the west. We have lots of ponds where bullfrogs are taking over and my understanding is that they eat pacific tree frog’s eggs.
- Didn’t the bullfrogs hop over the Rockies? I understand that they can travel 6 miles between water features.
- I live in San Francisco. I volunteer at Henry Coe State Park, former ranch lands so the ranchers built ponds. Now the ponds have bass, bluegill and giant bullfrogs. How about encouraging bullfrog hunts?
- When is your next ecotour and how much would it cost?
- Do you think the frogs are adapting genetically to the fungus? Is anyone researching this?
- Could the frogs be reproducing faster? I’ve heard fish can do this?
- Any recommendations for a middle schooler to learn more?
- Will the ecotours still happen even with Covid 19?
- Should keeping frogs be discouraged?
- Interested in learning more about frogs’ diet
- How can we help save the critically endangered Wyoming Toad?
- Education on detrimental effects of atrazine? Movement to regulate/outlaw atrazine? Tyrone B. Hayes is the man!
- Life span particularly for North American leopard frog?
- How much amphibians populations are coping the fungus infection? Is there any new good news?
- I understand bullfrogs are imported into California, etc. How do you prevent a bullfrog from entering your property and pond, and thus killing all the native frogs?
- How to create habitat for forest toads, in my area, in Abbotsford BC, Canada. I’ve seen one in my garden years ago,
but not recently. - How can we help restore and conserve amphibian populations in our local areas?
- Use of chemicals we should not be using
- What the average consumer can do to help conserve and protect these species.
- Leave a comment below to start or join in the conversation…
Bonnie Daley drew this art while taking part in the Q & A session.
Note: If bullfrog control is your goal, we suggest filling in the bullfrog ponds — but not completely. Fill them partially so that their depth is such that they dry up each year. Ephemeral ponds (those that do not hold permanent water) are good for California’s native frogs and are not favored by invasive bullfrogs. Alternatively, you could lower the height of the spillways to reduce the water level.
