Northern Leopard Frog Distribution and Habitat in the Columbia Plateau Province Project ID 25043

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Northern Leopard Frog Distribution and Habitat
in the Columbia Plateau ProvinceProject ID
25043

• Submitted by
• Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

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Northern Leopard Frog Status and Needs

• State endangered species
• Federal species of concern
• Needs baseline information on threats and habitat
  association

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Distribution
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Decline of the Northern Leopard Frog

• Bullfrog expansion
• Introduced Fish
• Agricultural Chemicals?
• Dams and Reservoirs?

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Columbia Plateau Needs and Limiting Factors

• restoring the natural ecological functions,
  habitats and biological diversity

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Graduate Research

• Developed basic information for future studies

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Distribution of Breeding Ponds

• Surveys
• Habitat inventory

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Effects of Introduced Species

• Non-native fish
• Bullfrogs

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Reservoir Effects
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The Northern Leopard Frog Proposal BPA 25043

• Meets subbasin goals
• 5 0f 6 subbasin tasks
• Information for species survival and recovery