I can't remember the program, but the Michigan effort was inspired by another Midwestern state's program (maybe Wisconsin or Ohio?).
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Also, not to go down memory lane, but our official government recordings of frog and toad calls to train our ears was distributed on CASSETTE TAPE! 😆 This was like late 1990s. Announcer voice after call: "That, was the Cope's Grey Tree Frog."
jun 18, 2025, 3:42 am • 12 1 • view
I still have a similar cassette tape. One side IDed frogs. The other side was just frogs. I used to quietly play that side when having guests- to drown out the nearby interstate freeway noise. Guests often commented on how cool it was to visit us "in the country" and hear frogs. 😀 🐸
jun 18, 2025, 4:07 am • 18 2 • view
Was this part of a frog and toad survey program, and if so, what state? Or, was this just like a naturalism self-education thing?
jun 18, 2025, 4:54 am • 2 0 • view
Amazing! When I visit my parents in like a month, I will see if I can find the Michigan cassette tape there. I wonder about the dates... It seems like a 1997 project of the Minnesota state government, which iirc is just after Michigan's started.
jun 19, 2025, 1:09 am • 2 0 • view
I see your state has this online for Michigan's 13 species. www.michigan.gov/dnr/educatio...
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Just found this information -- Michigan survey was recently put on hold. The original idea was that people could be trained to identify fitting sites, and even 5-10 years of data there could be helpful. www.interlochenpublicradio.org/2023-05-05/t...
jun 19, 2025, 7:20 pm • 0 0 • view
The study in Minnesota ran 1996—2002, after a pilot program in 1993. I think study was nationwide. From the study intro: The Minnesota Frog and Toad Calling Survey (MFTCS) was developed in response to concern over the potential for population declines in Minnesota’s fourteen frog and toad species.
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Building on this and similar efforts throughout the U.S., in 1996 the U.S. Geological Survey’s Biological Resources Division initiated the North American Amphibian Monitoring Program (NAAMP).
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In 1993, a pilot project established 20 frog and toad survey routes under the coordination of herpetologist John Moriarty, and with funding from the Minnesota Herpetological Society and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.
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Minnesota Frog Watch 1997 files.dnr.state.mn.us/volunteering...
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🙏💖🌎🍃🌱🐸💖🙏🌟
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