Nature Club Students Travel to West Creek Reservation

Incarnate Word Academy Nature Club students were fortunate enough to learn about "The Year of the Frog" efforts first hand on their May 2008 field trip to West Creek Reservation. Tim Krynak, a Metroparks naturalist, taught these eager students about the importance of the health of the amphibian population to our environment. The Nature Club students helped Tim as he was able to successfully catch several frogs in the wetlands of West Creek Reservation. Tim demonstrated to the students how to carefully swab the frog's skin and place it in a vial that would be sent to a lab to be tested for Chytrid disease. This field trip enabled the students to take an active role in helping locally with this global project.

Blog and photo submitted by: Incarnate Word Academy from Parma Heights, Ohio

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