Need advice to save frogs

[bshmerlie]

If I'm not mistaken the Bull frog and the leopard frogs are the ones used for "frog legs". Perhaps if you informed the fishing company that they have two sources of income in this one pond at least the frogs would not go to waste. America is one of the largest importers of frog legs in the world. They have tried frog farming in various southern states maybe your pond would be a good source. That fishing company could even sell the use of that pond to a frog leg company. Large companies often think with their profits and that is sometimes the best motivating factor.

[Deku]

If its bullfrogs probably not. But here is what you can do.

Dress as a ninja.
Go over there and collect as many as possible
Bolt right out of there
Get your own indoor 55g tank oe outdoor 55g rubbermaid tub
Set it up nicely.
Then after two years release somewhere else and keep one if you want(Bullfroglets)
While each year you can keep adding more. Or what you can do is, keep em, then sell em to people who like bullfrogs. :P

[bluechip]

I mentioned the problem to a friend a bit ago and he had a suggestion that sounds good. I'll see if the DNR will simply refill the pond with a foot or two of water at the end of their fish harvesting. The DNR will probably have some reason not to do it, but it's worth a try.

[Deku]

I mentioned the problem to a friend a bit ago and he had a suggestion that sounds good. I'll see if the DNR will simply refill the pond with a foot or two of water at the end of their fish harvesting. The DNR will probably have some reason not to do it, but it's worth a try.

Dude, just collect the froggies. Because should they deny your request atleast you can save some.

[bluechip]

This years problem with the DNR letting their lake dry up and kill the tadpoles before they develope enough to leave worked itself out due to heavy rains. As soon as the DNR let the water out, leaving only many puddles to dry out, heavy rain put close to a foot of water back in the lake. I visited it yesterday and it was full of nearly developed tadpoles. Next year will be another problem that I'll monitor. Thanks to all for the input!