In Germany I saw other ways of helping toads and frogs across. Both are starting with a 20 cm high netting next to the road (both sides) which prevents them getting across. Has to be the full length though! Then either a small tunnel is dug or a set of buckets dug in. The animals move alongside the netting until they either find a tunnel or drop in a bucket. The buckets are emptied on the other side of the road. Easier than one by one by individual persons.
Bravo, Nick! What a wonderfully hopeful and encouraging account. Just when I am about to despair on humankind's future, buffeted as we are by so many simultaneous, seemingly-intractable crises, you show up with Hope for the Future, putting the "kind" back into humankind--at least for today! Many thanks!
It's the little things that all add up. Thank you for sharing this. It brings tears of joy to my eyes.
In Germany I saw other ways of helping toads and frogs across. Both are starting with a 20 cm high netting next to the road (both sides) which prevents them getting across. Has to be the full length though! Then either a small tunnel is dug or a set of buckets dug in. The animals move alongside the netting until they either find a tunnel or drop in a bucket. The buckets are emptied on the other side of the road. Easier than one by one by individual persons.
Steps toward a grenouille greenway!
Thank you for such a wonderful upbeat reminder about staying in touch with Nature.
Such a terrific initiative! 🐸
Bravo, Nick! What a wonderfully hopeful and encouraging account. Just when I am about to despair on humankind's future, buffeted as we are by so many simultaneous, seemingly-intractable crises, you show up with Hope for the Future, putting the "kind" back into humankind--at least for today! Many thanks!
Let's hear it for the frogs!
In Vermont, we save spotted salamanders , Mareka