The wildlife ecologist for the NPS and her colleagues had reintroduced the vulnerable frog to four sites in the Santa Monica Mountains. They kept the locations secret. But they couldn’t hide them from the most destructive wildfire in L.A. County history.
to reintroduce the frog in 35 core habitats throughout the state, including the Santa Monica Mountains, where until 1999 the frogs had not been seen in more than 20 years.an isolated population of up to 25 adult frogs was discovered in a remote area of the Simi Hills, adjacent to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. That population would become the foundation of efforts to restore the frog to the area.
A team member held a net beneath her hands and a spotter watched so they didn’t lose any eggs. “You have … one female’s whole reproductive effort for the year in your hand,” Delaney said.She gently divided the mass into two parts. One went back into the water, the other into a plastic container that was put on ice. They did the same thing with several other egg masses, then they hiked to the first two secret reintroduction locations, where mesh pens in the shape of cubes were waiting.
The frogs were “sort of like teenagers,” she said. “They’re kind of wandering around and not really paying attention.” Sarah Wenner, a herpetologist pursuing her master’s at UCLA, began to work with Delaney as a volunteer intern in 2017. Later, she was hired by the Park Service as a biological technician. She was in the field with the team when they foundA team
The Woolsey fire burned for 13 days and killed three people. More than a quarter-million people were evacuated. The fire damaged or destroyed 1,841 structures and burned 96,949 acres of land, making it one of the most destructive fires in California’s modern history.
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