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Thinkpad Found in only four remote areas of the United States, primarily the forests and swamps of South Jersey's Pinelands, the tiny amphibian has been on the state's endangered species list since it was found to be disappearing in 1982. Its plight came to symbolize the larger peril that pollution and development wrought on the fragile ecosystem of the Pinelands region itself.
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Microsoft By the time Andy Warhol included the Pine Barrens Treefrog among his famous "Endangered Species" line of prints in 1983, the creature had gained pop-culture status with environmentalists -- all quite ironic for a frog so small and elusive that many of its ardent protectors admit they have never seen one.
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Laptop Computer For many environmentalists, the change in status signals not only that the tree frog is thriving but also that the protected Pinelands region is doing well.
Montgomery said it's doubtful the Pine Barrens would have been preserved to the extent they have if McPhee hadn't written his book. "The Pine Barrens, " Montgomery said, influenced former Gov. Brendan Byrne to enact legislation designed to protect most of the Pine Barrens from development. "It is very nearly a miracle that so much of the Pine Barrens survives as it does today, " Montgomery said. McPhee, whose current project is a piece about travels on a tugboat on the Illinois River to be published in The New Yorker magazine, said he is thrilled and grateful that "The Pine Barrens" was chosen for One Book New Jersey.
Desktop Computer "Their population is healthy and stable in the areas that they exist within the Pinelands preservation area," said John Bunnell, a Pinelands Preservation Commission research scientist and one of the state's foremost experts on the tree frog.
Notebooks There is no official head count of the shy creature that is about 1 1/2 inches long. That would be an impossible feat.
Lenovo But the Pine Barrens Treefrogs are being heard, and their comeback was determined largely through their distinctive croaks. This is a count done by ear, not eye.
Hard Drive Significant numbers of calling males were detected by researchers in multiple breeding areas from 1992 until 2001 during a larger study of water quality in the Mullica River Basin, one of the key drainage areas for the Pinelands.
Travelstar "Of 243 sample sites involved in the studies, calling males were found in 89 sites," Bunnell said.
Gateway Their call, which sounds like a high-pitched honking of distant geese, begins with the mating season in late April and continues, predominantly at night, until late August.
Laptop Parts "It's always the male calling. It's an advertisement to the females," said Bunnell. "The male calls and the female hunts down the male and chooses him based on the call. Dominant males have better, usually deeper, calls and therefore usually get the girl."
Software In New Jersey, the frogs are uniquely creatures of the Pinelands -- about 1.1 million acres of swamps, rivers, ponds and sandy-soil forests of pitch pines, oak and cedars spanning seven South Jersey counties. Beyond New Jersey, the Pine Barrens Treefrogs live only in isolated spots of similar habitat spanning the border of North Carolina and South Carolina and the border of southern Alabama and the Florida panhandle.
Hard Drives "What makes them so vulnerable is that they have a limited distribution in a very limited habitat," said Bunnell. "Their physical distribution is very limited, unlike other frogs and toads."
Electronics Federal wildlife authorities down-listed the Pine Barrens Treefrog from endangered to threatened in 1983 after discovering populations in Florida. But New Jersey kept the frog on its endangered list because its future, like that of the Pinelands, seemed uncertain 20 years ago.
Canon The creature depends on its habitat, and the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978, adopted by Congress, set the stage for some significant protections by establishing the Pinelands National Reserve.
Desktop Pc The law enabled state legislators to pass the New Jersey Pinelands Protection Act in 1979 to limit development, protect the region and create the Pinelands Preservation Commission. About a third of the Pinelands has since been preserved, with development in adjacent areas also restricted.
Desktop Computers There is now constant monitoring of the region by teams of researchers studying water quality, plant life, insects and wildlife species, as well as potential effects of farming, development and other human activity. Their findings are shared by the commission and the DEP.
Think Pad That research led to the down-listing of the tree frog, but it does not mean the creature is being stripped of protection. The down-listing is more of a declaration on the health and welfare of a troubled species, and because frogs are among nature's front-line indicators of an ecosystem's well being, the rebound of the fragile Pine Barrens Treefrog is a promising sign.
Repair "It's encouraging," said Russell Juelg of the Pinelands Preservation Alliance, a nonprofit watchdog and education group.
Data Recovery "It is an indication that regional planning -- what we all know as the 20-year-old Pinelands Protection Act and Comprehensive Management Plan -- has been a good system overall for protecting this rare area, although nothing is guaranteed and threats to this region are always there," he added.
Cisco The Pine Barrens Treefrogs prefer vernal pools -- temporary ponds formed by winter precipitation -- that are dominated by shrubs. They also are found in wet areas of pitch pine lowlands, bogs around the Pinelands, backwater areas and Atlantic white cedar swamps. Their slick emerald green bodies are distinct in that they are separated by a white border from the plum-colored band that stretches across their eyes, like a bandit's mask, down to their bellies.
Keyboard Concealed below is the bright orange and yellow surface of their legs. But their brilliant colors do not make them easy to find.
Monitor "It's embarrassing, but I've never seen the little things," said Nan Walnut, 75, a Pinelands environmentalist whose activism helped to preserve the fragile area. "I've lived here in the Pinelands for 32 years, and I have never seen a tree frog, although I hear them all the time."
Desktop That elusive nature, matched with the frogs' vulnerability to even the most subtle degradation of its habitat, is why environmentalists call the Pine Barrens Treefrog a perfect symbol for the fragile Pinelands and the diligence necessary to protect a delicate ecosystem.
Infosys "Down-listing from an endangered species to a threatened species is not a signal that we can lower our guard," said Juelg. "It's not only the Pine Barrens Treefrog that is at risk here but an entire ecosystem, if we don't remain vigilant."
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Star-Ledger - 8/8/2002
Topic: Pinelands
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