Pacific Newt Roadkill (2022-2023)- Lexington Reservoir
I walked the south segment from 9:00 to 11:30. The weather was cool but sunny-- 59 to 63 F with light winds from the northeast.
I saw 0 live newts, 5 dead newts: 3 on reservoir side, 2 on the uphill side. All adults.
There were 10 cars, 9 trucks, 9 bicyclists, and 1 pedestrian.
Other roadkill: several Jerusalem crickets, an earthworm.
The purpose of this project is to record the number of Pacific Newts killed on Alma Bridge Rd. near Lexington Reservoir during the migration season 2022-2023 in an effort to influence the Santa Clara County Roads Department to close the road or implement other mitigating measures to reduce the massive roadkill during newt migration season.
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merav
created this project on September 20, 2022
