Salamanders on the Move

We got distracted from our March actions because we got word the salamanders were moving. We participate in the annual WI Salamander Survey.

Each spring when the weather starts to get warm, after the first rainy night..the salamanders move to a nearby pond to lay eggs.

To find out if a pond has salamanders, we put 5 mesh traps into the shallow water. We check the traps each day for five days. This year we are surveying Dunn's Marsh. This is Julia, Patrick, and Ben putting in the traps. It is cold, wet work. We are crossing our fingers that we will catch some salamanders. Keep your fingers crossed!