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WHAT'S HAPPENING GLOBALLY Visit the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force home pages. DAPTF is the headquarters for a global effort to determine the extent and causes for amphibian declines throughout the world, and to find ways to halt or reverse them. |
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LEARN WHAT'S HAPPENING LOCALLY If you live in North America, check out the North American Amphibian Monitoring Program (NAAMP) to find out what efforts to save amphibians are going on in your area. This site also is an entry point into the "Hopping Frog" webring. |
GET INVOLVED! The United States Geological Survey hosts the FrogWatch USA program. It's specially designed so that interested amateurs can get involved, learn about frogs and wildlife, and contribute to solving the amphibian extinction problem. |
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| Read what the Australian Museum Online has to say about cane toads. |
Read about Mexican free-tailed bats at The Wild Ones site, or... Read all about bats and why we should protect them at the Bat Conservation International website. |
Are invasive species really a problem? Here's an Australian clearinghouse for global information on invasive species, which includes a section on cane toads. |
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency lists the most recent developments in the related study of frog deformities. |
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If you live in America, you can use the Environmental Protection Agency's EnviroMapper to create a detailed environmental map of the area where you live, showing such information as drinking water, toxic and air releases, hazardous waste, water discharge permits, and Superfund sites. |
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