Training

See also: California Red Legged Frog, Habitat Restoration

California Red-legged Frog Repeat Workshop

April 26, 2012

With evening training sessions on either April 25 or April 26, 2012

Due to the overwhelming response to our annual California Red-Legged Frog Workshop the Elkhorn Slough Coastal Training Program announced the addition a second offering!

The workshop registration included 5 hours of classroom lecture, a 2-hour day time field training session and a 4-hour night time field training component.  Lecture was at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve; field training was in Northern Santa Cruz County at a site known to support a very healthy population of the species. 

Intended audience included:  biological consultants, land managers, researchers, and resource protection agency personnel.

 Workshop Objectives:

This was a great opportunity to receive training in species identification, field sampling techniques, and the habitat requirements of the California red-legged frog (CRLF). Workshop information will be useful for conservation planning and for educational outreach to agricultural producers and others who are considering projects that may impact CRLF. The workshop also provided foundational knowledge for monitoring projects where potential impacts to CRLF have been identified. *No regulatory or permitting information was included in this workshop.

Workshop Format:

April 26^th Morning Session(8:00am-2:00pm) - Classroom: Overview of biology and management of the California red-legged frog. Meet at the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve.

April 26^th Afternoon Session(2:00pm-6:00pm) - Field trip to areas on the North Coast of Santa Cruz County: Habitat requirements and assessment, pond designs, equipment demonstrations, tadpole identification and survey techniques, and frog marking techniques. Personal vehicles required to travel to field sites.

The night session was at the Graniterock Sand Quarry, just north of the City of Santa Cruz on Highway 1.  Instructors demonstrated decontamination techniques, detecting frog eye shine, and capturing, handling, sexing, and measuring tadpoles and/or adult frogs.