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Frogwatch Beginning at Miller Park Zoo

March 22, 2017

FrogWatch USA is a Citizen Science program of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) that offers individuals an opportunity to learn about the wetlands in their community, to identify local frog and toad calls and to report data.

If you have an interest in learning about frogs and toads, have the commitment to learn and identify individual frog calls, and the ability to regularly visit a local wetland for data collection from now until August you can be Citizen Scientist for Frogwatch.

A training course will be hosted at Miller Park Zoo on Thursday, March 30th at 5:30 p.m. in the MPZ main classroom. Reservations are required. Reserve your space by emailing Silvia Shuh at sschuh.mzoo@gmail.com or call (309) 434-2826. All ages welcome, but children must be accompanied by an adult.

Miller Park Zoo is located at 1020 S. Morris Avenue, Bloomington and is open each day from 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. For additional information go to www.millerparkzoo.org