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Amphibians galore!
Small brown frog that has an X pattern on its back? Check out last week’s blog post to see a picture. Did you guess it?? It’s a Spring...
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Mar 31, 20232 min read
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Two Burns, Two Days
Fire 1: Monday (last week) There comes a time in everyone's career where a task usually conducted with other people all of a sudden...
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Mar 28, 20236 min read
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Chytrid: KEEP OUT
After 5 days in our frog hospital, the two male Crawfish frogs were eager to be released! Keeping them in an environment with water above...
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Mar 24, 20232 min read
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Fire at Big Oaks NWR!
Last Thursday, I (Audrey) participated in the third prescribed burn in the refuge this year. For a newcomer, burning means setting...
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Mar 22, 20234 min read
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The frogs said nope, Thursday night only!
Well the temperatures have dropped. Which means frog activity has also dropped. We didn’t find any that were frozen but we did find one...
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Mar 17, 20232 min read
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Fire at Patoka River NWR
*The prescribed fires at Patoka River NWR took place last week I (Audrey) was very fortunate to travel to Patoka River National Wildlife...
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Mar 13, 20232 min read
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Is it Spring yet? Let's ask the frogs!
Things are starting to pick up here at Big Oaks! With a few warmer days these past two weeks, it seems like Spring might be starting. And...
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Mar 10, 20232 min read
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Game #2
Can you figure out what we have been up to this week by finding the words in out first ever word search? How does everyone like these...
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Mar 3, 20231 min read
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