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Red-legged frogs get 48-acre preserve in Sierra
SFGate.com ^
| 11/24/10
| David Perlman
Posted on 11/24/2010 1:28:39 PM PST by NormsRevenge
The California red-legged frog, threatened for decades by spreading subdivisions, pesticides and logging, has found a sanctuary in the Sierra Nevada.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife has approved an agreement between two conservation organizations permanently protecting a 48-acre site known as the Big Gun Preserve near Foresthill in Placer County. The wildlife service listed the frogs as threatened in 1966 under the Endangered Species Act.
The land is owned by a unique nonprofit company called Westervelt Ecological Services, the conservation arm of a century-old Alabama lumber company, which buys up properties to preserve wildlife habitats and endangered natural environments.
The Westervelt organization teamed with the Placer Land Trust, a nonprofit in Auburn, to create the special conservation easement in an area that is habitat for the largest population of red-legged frogs in California, said Jessica Pierce, the trust's assistant director.
The site lies next to the Tahoe National Forest and includes several ponds, ponderosa pines, woodlands and chaparral. It was badly degraded during the Gold Rush, Pierce said. Under the agreement, the Placer organization will now protect it with fencing and improve its frog habitat.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: California; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: california; endangeredspecies; frogs; redlegged; sierra
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To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
11/24/2010 1:30:38 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(The House finally fell on Nancy Pelosi..........)
To: Red Badger
LOLF! I wonder how they are in soup....Oh yeah the horror!
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posted on
11/24/2010 1:35:39 PM PST
by
ColdOne
(Happy Thanksgiving and God Bless!)
To: NormsRevenge
"how does anyone know if these things aren't "planted""
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posted on
11/24/2010 1:37:44 PM PST
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: NormsRevenge
Watch for CA to ask for a Bailout in 2011....the state is broke. Teachers, fire fighters, emergency crews etc. will be the first to go....the price of Frog legs just went up.
Woops, forgot.....UNIONS: they will be the last to go even when the state collapses under the weight of bankruptcy. Crime will be the winner. No Money to California!
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posted on
11/24/2010 1:39:37 PM PST
by
yoe
To: NormsRevenge
I’ll bet them Red-legged frogs is good eatin’ if’n you catch enough of them.
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posted on
11/24/2010 1:40:36 PM PST
by
CholeraJoe
("Want me to shoot out the light, ma'am?")
To: ColdOne
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posted on
11/24/2010 1:41:20 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(The House finally fell on Nancy Pelosi..........)
To: NormsRevenge
Fencing....
would that be redwood or cedar fencing?
And that "destructive" goldrush brought settlers to the west!!
All this for a dumb a** frog????
I'm guessing these "conservation" companies are getting HUGE, REAL HUGE rightoffs and some very "specialized" contracts that they will eventually cash in on.
To: NormsRevenge
Not sure a frog would make a good Artilleryman.
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posted on
11/24/2010 1:45:25 PM PST
by
Rogle
To: NormsRevenge
Does anyone realize how much useless undeveloped land there is in the mountains of California. How will they keep the frog on this property? How will they prevent predators from getting on the property? Liberal insanity.
Perhaps the frog by my backdoor on Saturday night after the rain had red legs. I didn't go and look, but he seemed to be fine coexisting in my neighborhood. Maybe I should set aside my front patio as a preserve for him. He seems to like it there.
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posted on
11/24/2010 1:45:43 PM PST
by
w1andsodidwe
(How can you tell when the President is lying? When his lips move, of course.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/24/2010 1:49:02 PM PST
by
b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/24/2010 1:50:37 PM PST
by
b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
To: Red Badger
Ha ha ha.. Oh the Hugh-man-e-tee!
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posted on
11/24/2010 1:52:50 PM PST
by
ColdOne
(Happy Thanksgiving and God Bless!)
To: w1andsodidwe
Does anyone realize how much useless undeveloped land there is in the mountains of California. How will they keep the frog on this property? How will they prevent predators from getting on the property? Liberal insanity.Yes I do, I live in the Sierra. There are millions of acres of wilderness here.
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posted on
11/24/2010 1:53:12 PM PST
by
Inyo-Mono
(Had God not driven man from the Garden of Eden the Sierra Club surely would have.)
To: NormsRevenge
Mark this location down. After TSHTF and we're all living in our cardboard
crates in Obamavilles those frog legs will provide some nourishing meals.
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posted on
11/24/2010 1:57:23 PM PST
by
Iron Munro
(I prayed: "O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it - He sent the Obamas.)
To: NormsRevenge
If this is a PRIVATE initiative, I’m all for it. THIS is the way to conserve wildlands and wildlife, not sending money to Democrats and then begging for tax money.
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posted on
11/24/2010 2:15:37 PM PST
by
tcrlaf
(Obama White House=Tammany Hall on the National Mall)
To: tcrlaf
If this is a PRIVATE initiative, Im all for it. THIS is the way to conserve wildlands and wildlife, not sending money to Democrats and then begging for tax money. Hmmm. More to the story. US Fish and Wildlife approval required? Endangered species.
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posted on
11/24/2010 2:21:09 PM PST
by
SeeSac
To: tcrlaf
This was a deal between two nonprofits interested in conserving significant sites. Nature Conservancy has done the same thing for many years, protecting millions of acres of land which are unique and irreplaceable, by cooperatively entering into agreements with private landowners. They sometimes turn land over to the Parks Service or other governmental agency, but the end result doesn't change, and it frees up resources to make arrangements on parcels like this one-- a pinpoint on the map but serving a special purpose.
I don't know anything about redleg frogs but I'm glad there's a tiny spot we humans set aside for them. What the hell- why not?
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
11/24/2010 2:37:58 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: NormsRevenge
old headline:
2008-9 ...Yellow-Bellied Coward gets 18-acre preserve in Washington, DC
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