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Vernal Pools for Educators Workshop Series

  • Vernal Pools for Educators - Friday, April 27, 2007 - Vernal Pools for Educators is a workshop for teachers who wish to get involved in vernal pool studies and projects as a science, interdisciplinary or community service activity. This workshop is aimed primarily at elementary and middle school science educators, but will also be valuable to any educator teaching biological, life science, or environmental topics.
  • Vernal Pools for Conservation Professionals - Friday, May 4, 2007 - Vernal Pools for Conservation Professionals is a workshop that will provide professionals with everything they need to understand the ecology of vernal pools and how to recognize and identify them on the landscape, and a clear understanding of the Wetlands Protection Act regulations pertaining to vernal pools.

These workshops are a collaborative presentation between the Vernal Pool Association Inc. and the MA Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, with support from MACC and the Walden Woods Project. It is being funded by ENSR Corporation. They are offered FREE to CONSERVATION PROFESSIONALS working in Massachusetts.

Field Guide to Vernal Pools

To order this Field Guide, see our Publications section.

This guide contains:

  • Discussion about vernal pools and their importance to the ecology of New England.
  • A photographic guide to all of the adult salamanders, frogs, toads, turtles, and snakes of Massachusetts.
  • A photographic guide to the egg masses of the New England mole salamanders and the wood frog.
  • Species accounts with full-color photographs, key diagonstic features, and natural history notes.
  • List of resources to help further your study of vernal pools and their organisms.

Listserv Information

The Vernal Pool Listserv provides a forum to discuss topics relating to vernal pools and vernal pool ecology. This group is unmoderated, but is monitored by the Vernal Pool Association and the MA Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program. Discussion is encouraged about scientific research, on-going vernal pool education projects at the elementary through graduate school levels, and about the first spotted salamander sightings of spring, among other things. Though originated in the glaciated northeastern US, discussion will be welcome from anywhere in the world where temporary wetlands are of interest.

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