Four Years of Big Night

Big Night is the only statewide community science project in the nation that focuses on assisting migratory amphibians in crossing the road while collecting data to inform future conservation efforts. As of 2021, this grassroots project has grown immensely and thousands of amphibians have found themselves safely reaching their breeding habitat due to the project. This talk will briefly discuss the history of the project and dive into the interesting results since the project's start, including fresh results from 2021, our biggest year yet.

Greg LeClair is a graduate student at the University of Maine where he studies environmental DNA and turtle conservation. Greg has been involved in herpetological research since 2014 and began the Maine Big Night project in 2018 as a pet project to help assist amphibians in crossing roads while collecting scientific data.    http://p0.vresp.com/JfWrxv