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surveyor drove around Lake Minnetonka listening for frogs. Boreal chorus frogs were calling from many <br /> wetlands in the region. The absence of this species at Nelson Wetland is likely due to lack of habitat. <br /> Table 5. Frog and toad species observed at Nelson during surveys <br /> Common Name Scientific Name Jun.2014 <br /> Gray treefrog Hyla versicolor 6 <br /> Total Individuals 6 <br /> Total Species 1 <br /> 4 DISCUSSION <br /> The Wildlife Monitoring Program at the Nelson Wetland Restoration will document changes in the <br /> wildlife and inform future restoration and management efforts. This document provides baseline data <br /> for comparison against future years after the majority of the restoration work is completed. Few <br /> wetland-associated birds and species of frogs and toads were present. This may be due to the poor <br /> habitat afforded by the dense stand of tall invasive cattails,the lack of water,or the small and isolated <br /> nature of the wetland. (It is three acres in size and separated from other wetlands and Lake <br /> Minnetonka.) Monitoring in 2015 and 2016 will shed light on these questions, as well as provide <br /> information to evaluate the effectiveness of the restoration work and the experimental technique for <br /> improving the quality of invasive-cattail wetlands. <br /> 5 REFERENCES <br /> American Ornithologist's Union. 2012. Four-letter(English Name)and Six-letter(Scientific Name)Alpha <br /> Codes for 2083 Bird Species(and 97 Non-Species Taxa)in accordance with the 53rd AOU <br /> Supplement(2012). http://www.birdpop.org/DownloadDocuments/Alpha codes eng.pdf <br /> (Accessed February 2014). <br /> Mead, K. 2009. Dragonflies of the North Woods, Second Edition. North Woods Naturalist Series. <br /> Kollath and Stensaas Publishing. Duluth, MN. 193pp. <br /> Peterson, R. 2010. Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America,Sixth Edition. <br /> Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. <br /> Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WIDNR). 2014. Know Your Frogs. <br /> http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/critter/amphibian/frogident.htm (Accessed February 2014). <br /> 9 1 P a g e <br />