{"id":68877,"date":"2026-03-18T09:21:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=68877"},"modified":"2026-03-18T09:21:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:21:43","slug":"amphibian-patrols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/amphibian-patrols\/","title":{"rendered":"Late-Night Patrols Aim to Protect Road-Crossing Amphibians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Two CALS grad students lead a team of volunteers who offer a gentle assist to migrating frogs and salamanders<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: This story was adapted from <\/em><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/human-patrols-boost-migrating-amphibians\"><em>a feature<\/em><\/a><em> in the<\/em> Cornell Chronicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Holly Hartigan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Conditions rarely beloved by humans\u201442 degrees, raining, dark\u2014are perfect for salamanders. As winter ends, all around the Northeast, salamanders and frogs emerge from their upland habitats ready to find a mate. But when a road stands between them and the temporary spring pools where they lay their eggs, as many as 20\u201330% of a local population can be killed by cars in a single night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s why, in Tompkins County and beyond, volunteers are donning reflective vests and headlamps and heading out into that cold, dark rain to help the local salamanders and their frog brethren cross roads safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are part of <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tcampweb.wixsite.com\/tcamp\/about-3-1\">Tompkins County Amphibian Patrol<\/a> (TCAMP), a three-year-old organization run by two CALS grad students: founder and president Stephen Bredin, who\u2019s pursuing a master\u2019s in wildlife conservation, and vice president Stephanie Tran, a doctoral student in ecology and evolutionary biology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_005-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A TCAMP leader in front of a slide screen that says &quot;Collect Rigorous Data -- Save all the salamanders!&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-68873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_005-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_005-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_005-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_005-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_005-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_005-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_005-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_005-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_005-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_005-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_005-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_005-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_005-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_005-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_005-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_005-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_005.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Training in advance of a TCAMP patrol.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many volunteers are members of the Cornell community, but the organization is not formally affiliated with the University and welcomes anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group leads an annual community science project to collect amphibian road mortality data, assigning volunteers to patrol routes and providing safety gear, data sheets, and training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In spring 2025, 215 volunteers surveyed more than 100 road sites across Tompkins County, documenting 7,000 amphibians. Approximately 3,000 of those had been killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignwide is-style-solid-color\"><blockquote><p>In spring 2025, 215 volunteers surveyed more than 100 road sites across Tompkins County, documenting 7,000 amphibians. Approximately 3,000 of those had been killed.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese guys, unfortunately, need our help,\u201d says <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vet.cornell.edu\/about-us\/people\/brandon-p-hedrick-phd\">Brandon Hedrick<\/a>, assistant professor in CVM\u2019s Department of Biomedical and Translational Sciences and a TCAMP advisory board member. \u201cIt\u2019s a huge mortality risk to walk across a road at like 0.5 meters per minute.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Road mortality isn\u2019t the only factor threatening salamander populations. They\u2019re also sensitive to habitat loss, climate change, disease, and pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAmphibians are among the most threatened vertebrate groups on the planet,\u201d says Bredin. \u201cAlmost half of all amphibian species are threatened or endangered, and 60% of salamander species are threatened or endangered, and they\u2019re declining rapidly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_017-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Two members of TCAMP on patrol at night\" class=\"wp-image-68875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_017-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_017-300x169.jpg 300w, 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conditions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, warm weather in early March inspired a few eager amphibians to emerge and several teams of volunteers to patrol, including a group self-titled A Newt Hope, which braved the darkness and drizzle to walk a portion of Sapsucker Woods Road, near the Lab of Ornithology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve got to be a special type of crazy to come out here in the rain to help save little salamanders,\u201d says A Newt Hope member Sam Rimm-Kaufman, MLA \u201925, \u201cbut it is fun, and very rarely do you have an opportunity to be that engaged with the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>You\u2019ve got to be a special type of crazy to come out here in the rain to help save little salamanders.<\/p>\n<cite><strong>Sam Rimm-Kaufman, MLA \u201925<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The migration typically takes a couple of weeks in total, but most years the majority will migrate over one or two nights, meaning a lot of amphibians in the road at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSalamanders did not evolve with roads in mind,\u201d Hedrick says, \u201cand as a result are not aware of how dangerous they are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bredin founded TCAMP in 2023, bringing together existing patrol efforts underway within CVM and at Ithaca College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_054-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A page with photos and descriptions of different types of salamanders.\" class=\"wp-image-68876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_054-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2026_1061_JK_054-300x169.jpg 300w, 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identification.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In its first patrol in 2024, 100 volunteers documented 900 amphibians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, more than 300 volunteers have patrolled in five counties; by early March, they had documented more than 2,000 individual amphibians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The data volunteers collect can inform conservation efforts and further research. It identified migration hotspots that Bredin is studying as part of his master\u2019s project on juvenile salamander road mortality in the summer and fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignwide is-style-solid-color\"><blockquote><p>The migration typically takes a couple of weeks in total, but most years the majority will migrate over one or two nights, meaning a lot of amphibians in the road at once.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Patrollers tally the number of vehicles that drive past, weather and road conditions, the number and species of amphibians, and the direction they are traveling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All that data can show, for example, where to place patrols; whether selective road closings could help; and where to build underpasses that allow amphibians to travel beneath a road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think that by doing this,\u201d Bredin says, \u201cwe can make Tompkins County a little bit of a better place for these animals and for the people interacting with them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(All images by Jason Koski \/ Cornell University.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Published March 18, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two CALS grad students lead a team of volunteers who offer a gentle assist to migrating frogs and salamanders<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":68872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"alumni_hub_syml_posts":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[223],"tags":[],"cornell_year_post":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-68877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-students"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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