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Article: SCHOOLYARDS GO WILD!(creating animal habitats)(Brief Article)
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- Science World
- Article date:
- April 12, 1999
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CAN SCHOOLYARD HABITATS HELP SAVE ENDANGERED SPECIES?
Seventeen-year-old Rene Leon of Douglas, Arizona, spent last summer in four different schools. No, he wasn't stuck taking summer classes. Rene and his classmates from Douglas High School were building frog ponds. Why? They're trying to create new habitats (places to live and grow) for the Chiricahua leopard frog, a rare species native to Arizona and New Mexico.
Over the last 10 years, the leopard-frog population has nearly vanished. The culprits: habitat loss and the aggressive behavior of invader species, such as the bullfrog from the southeastern states. "Bullfrogs eat practically anything that fits ...