Do you speak frog? Georgia needs your help

Brunswick, Ga. — Calling all frog speakers. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources needs your help.

Wildlife biologists need volunteers for the annual statewide calling frog survey, which starts Jan. 15.

John Jensen, a department senior wildlife biologist, said there are 75 survey routes but so far only 30 volunteers have come forward.

He said the volunteers are needed to help decipher the calls of Georgia’s 31 frog species. The state is setting up baseline data on frogs so scientists can identify population trends.

Before they are assigned to one of the preset listening routes, volunteers have to pass an online test of their ability to audibly identify frog species.

Jensen said volunteers will also be asked to commit to participating in the survey for three years.