News from the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
April 4, 2005
Phone: (603) 271-3211
Email: info@wildlife.state.nh.us
For information and online licenses, visit 
http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us

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CONTACT:
Eric Orff: (603) 868-1095 
Michael Marchand: (603) 271-3016 
Jane Vachon: (603) 271-3211
April 4, 2005 


WATCH FOR FROGS, SALAMANDERS ON THE MOVE ON RAINY NIGHTS

CONCORD, N.H. -- Keep an eye out for amphibians on the roads in the 
coming weeks, especially on warm, rainy nights. Spotted salamanders, 
spring peepers, wood frogs and toads will be hopping and sliding across New 
Hampshire roadways on the first warm wet nights, heading to mate and 
lay their eggs in vernal pools and other wetlands. They are already on 
the move in southern New Hampshire, according to Wetlands Biologist 
Michael Marchand of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department's Nongame and 
Endangered Wildlife Program.

"If you can, consider picking up that gallon of milk on the way home 
from work instead of driving after dark on rainy nights in April through 
the first week of May. By doing so, you could help save some of the 
thousands of salamanders, frogs and toads that will be run over by cars 
during this period," says Fish and Game Wildlife Biologist Eric Orff. 

The height of spring amphibian activity comes during the first rainy 
nights after you begin to hear the spring peepers. So give our slithery 
neighbors a brake, and consider doing your errands during dry evenings 
or daylight hours in the coming weeks. 

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is the guardian of the 
state's fish, wildlife and marine resources and their habitats. 

Learn more about Fish and Game's Nongame and Endangered Wildlife 
Program, including more ways you can help, by visiting 
http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Wildlife/nongame_and_endangered_wildlife.htm. 

For more about the life cycle of New Hampshire's amphibians, download 
the "Frogs, Toads and Salamanders" issue of Fish and Game's newsletter 
"Wild Times" at http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Kids/kids.htm. 

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