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Yosemite National Park is restoring the federally endangered Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog to alpine lakes within the park. The yellow-legged frog was once the most common frog in mountain lakes throughout the Sierra Nevada, but introduced predators and diseases caused their population to decline by over 95 percent. Park experts …
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Yosemite Restoring Endangered Yellow-legged frogs to Alpine Lakes
Yosemite National Park is restoring the federally endangered Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog to alpine lakes within the park. The yellow-legged frog was once the most common frog in mountain lakes throughout the Sierra Nevada, but introduced predators and diseases caused their population to decline by over 95 percent. Park experts …
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Name: Washington Fire County: Alpine County Location: 8-10 miles south of Markleeville, in the Silver Creek Drainage Administrative Unit: Bureau of Land Management – Carson City District Acres Burned: 16,544 Acres – Containment: 5% Date Started: June 19, 2015 7:00 pm Last update: June 24, 2015 08:05 am
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