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Masses of Crawfish Frog eggs are placed in a vernal (temporary Spring) pool in the Angel Mounds State Historic Site, Wednesday March 19. From left, (foreground) is Indiana DNR State Herpetologist Nathan Engbrecht, seasonal DNR employee Jackson Schoettle and retired herpetologist Mike Lodato. This is the third year of the project; the hope is that frogs reestablish themselves and begin breeding here on their own.
Tim Jagielo
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WNIN News
In the late ‘80s, crawfish frogs mysteriously disappeared from the Angel Mounds State Historic Site in Vanderburgh County; they’re a species of 'greatest conservation need' regionally