Category Archives: News

Catch them if you can

October 11, 2011

By Andy McNeil, Staff writer amcneil@observer-reporter.com upon a species of lizard that has gone relatively undocumented in Washington County. Eric Stiffler and Ian McGuinness, both 13, were riding their dirt bikes recently when they noticed some curious-looking creatures scurrying along a trail and decided to capture one. “We got off our dirt bikes, and we [...]

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PEEC EARTH DAY CELEBRATION

April 16, 2011

One of our members will have a learning station at the PEEC EARTH DAY CELEBRATION. Saturday, April 23, 2011 | 10am-4pm Be sure to stop by if you are in the area. More information: earthday flyer and PEEC News

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NAAMP route volunteers for 2011

January 24, 2011

What is NAAMP? The mission of the North American Amphibian Monitoring Program (NAAMP) is “…to provide a statistically defensible program to monitor the distributions and relative abundance of amphibians in North America, with applicability at multiple scales, including state, ecoregional and continent levels.” A major goal is population monitoring for trends (eg., are frog populations [...]

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The Quest for the Flying Frog – Book

November 5, 2010

We wanted to share a new book written by Matthew Middleton, one of our contributors and friend of PAHERP. The book is a fictional herp story for kids in the 5th – 9th grade range. Excerpt: “Thaddeus Cinereus lead a normal life for a young salamander, until his village was attacked by Abaddon and his [...]

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Delaware Water Gap Bioblitz

August 6, 2010

The Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) in association with the National Park Service will be running a 24 hour biodiversity survey of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The event is occurring Friday, September 24th into Saturday, September 25th. Dormitory housing is also available for $10 a person if you are interested. If this [...]

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New Museum Record Maps

July 20, 2010

A new feature has been added to the Pennsylvania Herpetological Research and Education Project Database. The feature accompanies the preexisting Taxon Map, an accumulation of data submitted to the PAHERP database, and is expected to further expand knowledge of species’ locations to both the public and researchers alike. The new Museum Record Map provides users [...]

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Domain Change

July 19, 2010

You may notice coming to the site that the domain extension of PAHERP has changed from .com to .org. We had added the .org extension as our main domain name, but you will still be able to use .com also for any of your saved bookmarks or links to the site, it will redirect the [...]

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Save The Frogs Day – April 30th, 2010

April 29, 2010

In an effort to raise awareness of the plight of amphibians, the scientific community has declared Friday April 30th, 2010 the 2nd Annual ‘Save The Frogs Day’. On this day we encourage the appreciation and celebration of amphibians by people from all walks of life. Please get involved and help spread the word! Remember that [...]

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Amphibians getting a little attention in Berks

March 19, 2010

Article from bctv that relates to the concerns of amphibians with in Berks County, PA and efforts that are in place to help better understand the species in the county. With in the article PAHERP is mentioned and one of our contributors, Mike Delong from Berks Co. Think you’re ready for spring? Toads, frogs and [...]

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PAHERP gets a makeover

January 19, 2010

With the new year comes a new design for PAHERP. You have probably noticed some small changes that we hope create a more navigable, user-friendly, online experience. We are working to change over the database and forum to the new look also. These changes will come in the near future. Our resources has also been [...]

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