Deanna Olson
A person who studies the relationship between living things and their environment
Pacific Northwest Research Station
Finding my first breeding group of western toads in the Oregon Cascade Mountain Range is one of my all-time best moments. I had been hunting for toads for hours along a lake shoreline and was about ready to give up. Then, I realized I had been hearing a soft noise coming from out in the deeper water. I went closer and there were scores of breeding toads clustered in a very small area in some submerged shrubs. I later realized that I was incredibly lucky to have found the “needle in that haystack” that day!
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USDA Forest Service: Deanna Olson
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