by Andrea Gielens | Apr 11, 2017 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog |
The Oregon Spotted Frog (OSF) program and Wildlife Preservation Canada have been working to save this species in its last remaining populations in BC. We’ve been at it for many years and this is our first year trying a larger scale captive breeding effort. Our...
by Andrea Gielens | Mar 24, 2017 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog |
The past two days have been very busy for the Oregon Spotted Frog Program in Vancouver. The summer of 2016 did not provide us with warm enough temperatures at the right times to allow our frogs to grow large enough for release in the fall. As a result we kept them...
by Andrea Gielens | Mar 8, 2017 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog, Pollinators, Taylor's Checkerspot |
With snow falling today, in what seems like an endless snowstorm on the west coast, we transferred our hibernating Taylors Checkerspot Caterpillars into a slightly warmer room to help convince them that spring is on the way. These unusual weather conditions are...
by Andrea Gielens | Feb 14, 2017 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog, Taylor's Checkerspot, Western Painted Turtle |
It has been a long and uncharacteristically cold and snowy winter for us here in British Columbia. Normally any snow at all is rare, and this year we saw two storms each giving us multiple feet of snow. This led to a much busier season for us in the captive head...
by Andrea Gielens | Sep 27, 2016 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Freshwater Turtles, Oregon Spotted Frog, Western Painted Turtle |
Fraser Valley BC programs are beginning a new season, which, of course, with our animals means many changes. All three programs; Taylors Checkerspot, Oregon Spotted Frog and Western Painted Turtle have big changes this season. Among the main changes are releases and...
by Wildlife Preservation Canada | May 3, 2016 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog |
Wildlife Preservation Canada, in partnership with the Greater Vancouver Zoo, is working to save the endangered Oregon spotted frog through a breed for release program. How do we breed frogs to save these threatened populations? Find out. And what happens with...
