Topic: Columbia Spotted Frog

Associated Climate Resilience Actions:
Upper Snake River Tribes

Public outreach to prevent the establishment of invasive species that can exacerbate climate impacts on native amphibians.

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Upper Snake River Tribes

Establish protection and conservation of Columbia Spotted Frogs through conservation agreements, conservation easements, land purchase, land exchange, and charitable donation.

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Upper Snake River Tribes

Provide technical assistance to willing landowners to develop Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances. Candidate Conservation Agreements (CCAs) are voluntary conservation...

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Upper Snake River Tribes

Develop brochures and other materials on the impacts of climate change to the Columbia spotted frog and its management needs...

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Upper Snake River Tribes

Electroshock and/or gill netting of aquatic invasive species to reduce overall stress on frogs and help increase their ability to...

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Upper Snake River Tribes

Recreational facilities near documented population centers should have educational signs or pamphlets pertaining to frogs in the area and how...

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Upper Snake River Tribes

Identify, restore and/or enhance, and manage areas of historic unoccupied and potential Columbia spotted frog habitat within the presumed historic...

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Upper Snake River Tribes

Determine the distribution of breeding populations of Columbia Spotted Frog.

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Upper Snake River Tribes

Identify and protect critical terrestrial habitats (e.g., movement zones, and seasonally wet areas that are not identified as “wetlands”) as...

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Upper Snake River Tribes

Protect permanent ponds and river and stream habitat within at least 500 m of breeding ponds.

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Upper Snake River Tribes

Maintain natural vegetation buffer zones around ponds; for example, 160 m from the edge of wetlands and 30-100 m along...

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Upper Snake River Tribes

Fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides should not be applied within 100m of water bodies and wetlands until lethal and sublethal impacts...

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