Calling all spring peepers and froggy friends! Now’s your chance to show your amphibian fanfare by joining Newtown’s very first FrogWatch USA Chapter!
Join us virtually or in person for one of our FREE official training session to become a certified FrogWatch USA Volunteer. All ages welcome.
Why go through the training? Taught by the top experts in the field, you’ll learn about the important role amphibians play in the ecosystem and how to identify calls of ten species of frogs and toads in Connecticut wetlands. Training will also share the scientific protocol to collect and submit data. All ages welcome and no experience necessary!
Register for the FREE training sessions below After the training, participants will receive a virtual assessment that will need to be completed in order to become a certified FrogWatch Volunteer. Join us in Newtown at Dickinson Park on April 9 for our FrogWatch event and put all your training into action!
Meet your FrogWatch USA presenters:
Andrew Connolly, Educator, Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo Jen Farrell, Educator, Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo Bridget Cervero, Associate Director of Education, The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk
Date: April 9 Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm Location: Dickinson Park, Newtown Registration Limited Cost: FREE
Did you know that you don’t have to be an amphibian expert to help protect frogs and toads in Connecticut? YOU can make a real difference just by gathering information that will help conservation efforts and declining amphibian populations. And the best part – IT’S FUN!! Join us along with the experts from FrogWatch USA as we listen, monitor and identify native frogs who call Newtown home. Surrounded by chirps, barks, croaks, beeps and peeps, it’s a great way to immerse yourself in the serenades of the wetlands that are so important to our fragile ecosystem.
Meet your FrogWatch USA experts:
Jim Knox, Curator of Education, Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo Andrew Connolly, Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo, Educator Bridget Cervero, Associate Director of Education, The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk
FrogWatch USA is a national community science project focused on inspiring conservation through education. We are grateful to bring this important event to the community in partnership with a local FrogWatch Chapter.
