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Radiotelemetry Field Study of the Wyoming Toad
©Andy Odum
In 1994, the Wyoming toad was near extinction in the wild. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department captured the few remaining toads and began a captive breeding program with the ultimate goal of reintroducing the toad into its native habitat in the Laramie Basin, near Laramie, Wyoming.
However, very little was known about the toad's general ecology, which posed a threat to its long-term survival. In 1997, Brint Spencer (with the John Ball Zoo at the time of the award) and R. Andrew Odum of the Toledo Zoo used a CEF grant to conduct a radiotelemetry field study of toad behavior. The results added to the growing body of knowledge needed to restore the Wyoming toad to a secure status in the wild.
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