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Volunteer
Volunteer | Regional
Contact Information
Participants are needed to conduct NAAMP calling surveys in many regions. If you might be interested in volunteering with the NAAMP calling survey, please contact your Regional Coordinator for more information.
What is the volunteer experience like?
Volunteers receive training from their Regional Coordinator in how to identify their local amphibian species by the unique vocalizations or "frog calls" each species makes. Volunteers are also given training on the protocols of the survey (when and how to conduct the survey). Volunteers are then given, or asked to purchase at cost, the materials necessary for the survey- such as a thermometer and a training CD or tape of the frog calls.
Then volunteers are assigned a roadside route where the survey is conducted several times during the calling season, to catch the early through late breeding species. Each calling survey route has 10 stops, at each stop the volunteer listens for 5 minutes to determine what species are calling. Typically, a route takes a couple hours to complete and is conducted in the evening, when frogs are most active in their vocalizations. If you are interested in volunteering with the NAAMP calling survey, please contact your Regional Coordinator for more information.
