Rouge Frog & Toad Survey Training
Training is offered every spring for those who would like to commit to surveying wetlands twice a month, March through July, after dark, and record... Read More →
CREATURE FEATURE: A Beautiful Conundrum
GET TO KNOW: Mute Swans Swans are majestic creatures. They grace our local waterways with such beauty that passersby often pause in admiration. Regrettably though,... Read More →
CREATURE FEATURE: The Early Frog gets the ….
GET TO KNOW: Wood frogs If the early bird gets the worm, what does the early frog get? Perhaps a bug as well, but in... Read More →
Frog & Toad Survey Training Presentation
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Frog & Toad Call App: Froggyvoice
Friends of the Rouge member Kathy Ableson who participated in the survey with her children, designed this app to help people learn Michigan frog and... Read More →
Frog & Toad Data
View full map in browser Eight species of frogs and toads have been confirmed in the watershed. The headwaters of the Rouge, where the streams are... Read More →
Frog & Toad Species Descriptions and Calls
Eight species of frogs and toads (seven frog and one toad species) have been confirmed in the Rouge River watershed. They are, listed by the... Read More →
Frog & Toad Survey
Background Amphibians are sensitive indicators of habitat quality and their presence or absence can be used to assess wetland health. Wetlands absorb and filter stormwater,... Read More →