ACF banned states and vacation

[rodsboys]

I found a list the other day while planning my vacation/shopping for this summer. We were planning on going thru Wshington and Oregon with our RV trailer. What's the deal with Washington State and Oregon banning the ACF? Don't it get cold enough to kill tany released/escaped frogs there? What a real pain. Looks like I will have to re-route and make sure I go thru Idaho/Montana. I hope there are some retics there.

Here is the full list by the way.
Arizona
California
Kentucky
Louisiana
New Jersey
North Carolina
Oregon
Virginia
Hawaii
Nevada
Washington

[tgampper]

One of the big problems is the spread of chytrid. ACFs are one of the prime carriers of the disease. They also been known to adversely affect local frogs and toads. As far as these frogs surviving in cold weather areas, it is unlikely - but don't underestimate their ability to survive in extreme conditions.

[Jenste]

My assumption is that they were banned in areas known to have problems with wild populations for a reason - such as it is always possible for a species to escape the odds and increase the population, and it can prevent people from traveling a fairly close distance to capture wild specimens, bring them home and mix them with captive raised, risk spreading disease, having them reproduce and increase populations which could end up being released near areas where they are already thriving....there also could be a small problem forming in the area, hence them being banned