Small Victory - One Species at a Time

It’s a small victory and hardly assured, but the yellow-legged frog is making a comeback in Yosemite National Park.  Between human’s introduction of non-native predators and disease, this little frog was nearing extinction, now it has a chance.

A native California frog once on the brink of extinction is making an encouraging comeback in Yosemite National Park, raising hopes for amphibians like it worldwide that are dying off at an alarming rate, researchers said Monday.

Yosemite National Park called the rebound a rare success story in the world of endangered species, and one that made them hopeful the yellow-legged frog would eventually come off the endangered list.

“A lot of people think that species linger on this list in perpetuity and we very rarely see species coming off the list,” says Rob Grasso, the park’s aquatic ecologist.