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Woodcock Nature Center is now a participating chapter of FrogWatch USA, a large-scale citizen science program that provides individuals, groups and families with opportunities to learn about wetlands in their communities by reporting on the calls of local frogs and toads. Learn more and register for volunteer trainings below!
FrogWatch Volunteer Trainings 2026
Tuesday, February 24 from 6:30 - 8pm at Ridgefield Library
Saturday, February 28 from 1 - 2:30pm at Woodcock Nature Center
Tuesday, March 3 from 6:30 - 9 pm Online via Zoom
FrogWatch is a citizen science program that teaches volunteers to identify frogs and toads by the sounds they make! Attendees will learn to pick a wetland site for monitoring, listen for amphibians, and upload their observations to a database that is used by scientists to track the populations of these charismatic creatures. Citizen science can be a fulfilling way to enhance the time you already spend outside, so come by and get trained as a Certified FrogWatch volunteer!
This program is in partnership with the Ridgefield Library.
Tuesday, February 24 from 6:30 - 8pm at Ridgefield Library
Saturday, February 28 from 1 - 2:30pm at Woodcock Nature Center
Tuesday, March 3 from 6:30 - 8pm Online via Zoom
Frogs and toads are vitally important to our local environment - they play a major role in forest food webs and their populations can be used as indicators of overall ecosystem health. Unfortunately, many species are experiencing sharp population declines, both in the U.S. and around the world. If this concerns you, join our FrogWatch chapter as a volunteer!
Volunteers will be trained to identify frogs by their unique calls and will select a local wetland to visit and monitor periodically throughout spring and summer.
FrogWatch USA is a nationwide citizen science program with chapters all across the country that train volunteers to collect and contribute data that helps that scientists understand the scope, geographic scale and cause of these declines.
The FrogWatch USA program is made possible and managed by the Akron Zoo in Ohio.
Please email tmccarthy@woodcocknaturecenter.org with your questions