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Prison and zoo frogs to be freed Tuesday on Fort Lewis

THE OLYMPIAN | • Published November 14, 2009

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Biologists from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fort Lewis, the Oregon Zoo and Woodland Park Zoo will release about 80 juvenile frogs into the wild at noon Tuesday at Dailman Lake on Fort Lewis.

The release is intended to help restore the state’s population of endangered Oregon spotted frogs, according to a news release from the Army base.

The nine-month-old frogs were collected from the wild as fertilized eggs and taken to Woodland Park Zoo, the Oregon Zoo and the Cedar Creek Corrections Center to improve their chances of survival once they are released. They join 424 frogs released at the site earlier this year.