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Snow survey data feeding runoff forecasts Mountain Democrat staff
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Water managers with the California Department of Water Resources surveyed the snowpack at Phillips Station a fifth time this year and they say the data gathered Monday morning is critical to planning for impacts of snowmelt runoff. The last time there was measurable snow at the Phillips Station snow course in early May was 2020, when only 1.5 inches of snow and .5 inches of snow water equivalent was measured, DWR data shows. Despite a brief increase in temperatures in late April, the statewide snowpack overall melted at a slower pace than average over the month of April due to below-average temperatures early in the month and increased cloud cover, according to DWR. An average of 12 inches of the snowpack’s snow water equivalent has melted in the past month and it now contains an average of 49.2 inches n See snow survey, page A3
Threatened red-legged frogs find a new pad Odin Rasco Staff writer
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A familiar frog has found a favorable foothold in foothill freshwater thanks to efforts by the U.S. Forest Service in the Georgetown Ranger District of the Eldorado National Forest. The California redlegged frog, or Rana draytonii to its scientist friends, has had a rough time in recent decades with development, over-harvesting,
climate change, invasive species and pesticides contributing to the species being added to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife threatened species list in 1996. Between 2014 and 2016, crews in the northern zone of the Eldorado National Forest began construction of nine areas that would provide potential breeding grounds for the frogs and western pond turtles in the area around Georgetown. Of those initial nine areas, six are still around (three, built in-stream,
were blown out in 2017 during the heavy winter), with three serving as a consistent breeding habitat for the red-legged frogs, according to Forest Service aquatic biologist Maura Santora. The ponds have also seen frequent visits from bats, deer and other local wildlife. The ponds were constructed by digging out wetland depressions about 40 feet across and up to 3 feet deep and then lining the holes with
A California red-legged frog sits atop a patch of sticks and mud. The frog has been on the threatened species list since 1996.
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