FrogWatch USA trainings and Year of the Frog
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Here is the new list of FrogWatch USA trainings and Year of the Frog
events:

FrogWatch USA Trainings

1. Central Indiana FrogWatchers - March 22nd at 9:00AM at Camp Cullom
Nature Center. For more information contact, Wendell Zetterberg at
wzetterberg@hotmail.com

2. Bergen County Zoo in New Jersey - March 25th For more
information contact, Liz Carletta at 201-262-3771 ext. 125 or
lcarletta@co.bergen.nj.us

3. Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut - March 29th at 3:00PM and April
27th at 3:00PM For more information contact, Mary Ellen Mateleska at
mmateleska@mysticaquarium.org

4. Greenbelt Nature Center in New York - April 6th at 1:00PM For more
information contact, Beth Nicholls at 718-667-7475

5. Roger Williams Park Zoo in Rhode Island - April 10th at 5:00PM and
April 27th at 2:00PM For more information contact, Lou Perrotti at
lperrotti@rwpzoo.org

6. Eden Mill Nature Center in Maryland - April 11th at 6:00PM For
more information contact, Aimee Harris at 410-836-3050 (I will be
hosting this training!)

7. Schuylkill Center in Pennsylvania - April 24th For more
information contact, Camila Rivera-Tinsley at
crivera@schuylkillcenter.org

Year of the Frog Events

1. Palm Beach Zoo in Florida - April 19th to 20th. Earth Day and the
Year of the Frog together!

2. Blank Park Zoo in Iowa - April 19th A celebration in which
children will be learning about amphibians and habitats, monitoring a
wetland site on zoo grounds, research and designing an amphibian
educational brochure and creating the plans to restore a wetland. The
students will also be the volunteers to do the construction on the
restored areas.

3. Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas- Year of the Frog activities every
Friday during June and August with Wet-n-Wild events.

4. Capron Park Zoo in Massachusetts - April 22nd Earth Day and the
Year of the Frog celebration

5. Turtle Back Zoo in New Jersey - During Saturdays in April and May,
the zoo will be hosting Amphibian Awareness Activities for multiple
grade levels focusing on New Jersey amphibians and global conservation
efforts.

6. North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher - During Thursday nights in
July the aquarium
will be open late for "Family Fun Nights" and this
year each night will highlight a different amphibian. On July 10th,
come see Flumpa (www.flumpa.com) for three performances about
amphibians.

7. North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island - April 19th Earth Day
celebration

8. Roger Williams Park Zoo in Rhode Island - April 14th to 18th and
April 20th Come see the community get involved with frog and amphibian
related activities developed and facilitated by local middle school
parents.

9. El Paso Zoo in Texas - August 2nd to 3rd. Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit!
This Leap Year, our zoo is jumping in to join other AZA-accredited zoos
and aquariums nationwide to celebrate frogs and bring awareness of
man-made problems for all amphibians. So, hop on down to the El Paso
Zoo to find out how you can help frogs.

Thank you for supporting FrogWatch USA and your local amphibians. Get
outside as much as possible to listen to nature!