Survival of this frog in California wildfire scar lends ‘some hope’ for threatened species

Wildlife biologists reported finding a small population of California red-legged frogs within the burn scars of a Northern California wildfire that torched a large area of the Sierra foothills last year. The Mosquito Fire scorched 76,778 acres of wildland east of Foresthill, burning through Tahoe and Eldorado National Forests in Placer and El Dorado counties. The devastating fire, which sparked Sept. 6 destroyed 78 structures and displaced over 11,000 residents within the first two weeks. “The Mosquito Fire went right through one of the most robust populations of the frog in the Sierra Nevada....