Watch for Herps on the Road (and Help Protect Wildlife)!

It's that time of year again - lots of local herps are on the move! As exciting a time as it is for those of us who love herps, it is a dangerous time for them. Significant numbers of these animals are killed on roads every year. Here in the Canisius College Vertebrate Conservation, members of Dr. Foster's Applied Conservation Team are working to help reduce the impacts of roads on our local reptiles and amphibians. By submitting your sightings to this project, you can help us to map road crossing hotspots for all species of herpetofauna in western NY! We use the data submitted to this project to identify populations that might be at risk, and identify places where interventions might be needed to help reduce herptile road mortality.

Posted on March 10, 2020 09:01 PM by rfoster252