BEEC Mud Season Speaker Series: Celebrating Community Science

Spring in Vermont means one thing: mud season! It’s also a perfect time to discover how you can meaningfully contribute to science and conservation in our community. Join Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center for this second session in an inspiring Mud Season Speaker Series featuring experts and enthusiasts who will share stories, tips, and inspiration for getting involved in community science.

This second session brings James S. Andrews, Vermont’s only full-time herpetologist, to Brooks Memorial Library to offer an engaging presentation: “Vernal Pool Reptiles and Amphibians and How You Can Help Document Them.”

Jim will show us a variety of frogs, salamanders, snakes, and turtles (herptiles) in our area that depend on vernal pools or similar habitat. The southeastern corner of Vermont supports some very rare pool-associated reptiles and amphibians that we should be looking and listening for and reporting any time they are observed. He will also identify some fairly common amphibians that need to be reported from certain towns in our area (Spring Peeper in Marlboro). He will introduce us to these herptiles and encourage us to help document the herptiles that we see.
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Be sure to mark your calendar for the last session on April 15th, when we close out this series with another special presenter.