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A charismatic frog

The northern leopard frog is a large charismatic frog not overlooked for long in publicly accessible areas. Photo: Kris Kendell
Egg mass baskets

Five floating egg mass baskets shelter freshly translocated northern leopard frog eggs at the Beauvais Lake Provincial Park reintroduction site in southwestern Alberta. The egg mass baskets are specially designed to maximize the survival of eggs and hatchling tadpoles. Photo: Kelly Boyle and Megan Egler
Surveying for eggs

An ACA field technician surveys for northern leopard frog eggs at a reintroduction source site in the Cypress Hills region in southeastern Alberta. Photo: Kelly Boyle
Reintroduction process

The act of physically moving northern leopard frog eggs for reintroduction involves many steps that must be conducted carefully to maximize the probability of the eggs hatching. ACA field technicians undertake the elaborate process of acclimatizing translocated eggs with water from reintroduction site. Photo: Kelly Boyle
Degraded habitat

Abandoned and burned out vehicles, debris, and the effects of off-highway vehicles (OHV) degrade habitat at the Taber northern leopard frog stewardship site. As part of stewardship activities at this site, local contractors removed the vehicles and hydro-seeded, with native grasses, many of the land areas scarred by OHV. This vernal pond has sustained considerable damage from OHV activity. Photo: Kelly Boyle and Megan Egler