Road Work Ahead (For Salamanders)

An image of an excavator picking up dirt on a wooded hillside. To the left of the excavator is an old logging road. To the right is dirt and woody debris laying over what was once a logging road. In the bottom left is a graphic of an orange traffic sign that features the silhouette of a salamander and the text, "Salamander Crossing. Road Work Ahead."
Photo By/Credit

USFWS

Date Shot/Created
02/25/2025
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Staff at Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge in West Virginia undertake a study looking at the impacts of decompacting old logging roads on the movement and habitat viability for woodland salamanders.
Facility
Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Subject tags
Amphibians
Habitat restoration
Research