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Community science could help us save Washington’s amphibians
With state biologists unable to monitor every amphibian species as completely as they would like, community volunteers fill an important gap.
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Tarroh Bashore wades through the Beaver Pond Natural Area on Thornton Creek in search of amphibian egg sacs, as his mother, Katrina Crawford, assists in keeping his sunglasses from falling off. (Hannah Weinberger/Crosscut)
It’s Easter weekend, and fourth grader Tarroh Bashore has joined millions of kids in hunting for eggs. But the ones he wants aren’t plastic or full of chocolate. If he finds frog eggs while knee-deep in the middle of a Seattle-area pond, their discovery could be far more meaningful than a holiday sugar rush.