During a routine wellsite reclamation project, hundreds of Western Toad tadpoles, a federal species of special concern, were identified in a shallow waterbody onsite. To ensure these tadpoles were not disturbed during the reclamation activities, our team paused the project to allow the tadpoles to develop into terrestrial toadlets.
A silt fence was installed at the waterbody boundary to guide the future toadlets into the forest area away from where heavy equipment would be active.
The tadpoles were monitored for several weeks and when all had transformed into toadlets and exited the waterbody safely, the reclamation project resumed.
