Salamander Lagoon
In August 2002, a salamander lagoon was created in the north woodlots. The lagoon provides new habitat to increase the abundance and diversity of salamander at the farm. Two herpetologists, Dr. Martin Rosenberg from the Department of Biology and Dr. Tim Matson from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, are involved in the project. Dr. Matson has been introducing wood frogs and spotted salamanders into the lagoon for the last four years.
The wood frog population is well established since spring 2004. During spring 2007, Jefferson salamanders (Ambystoma jeffersonianum) were found in the lagoon for the first time.
