...this spring, members of the public are invited to report observed toad migration sites and volunteer to help toads cross the road. Meanwhile, drivers are asked to drive more carefully and slowly in the vicinity of bodies of water.

The common toad is an amphibian that spends the winter on land, in forests, parks, and farmsteads, but after waking from hibernation, it heads to its native body of water to continue its species. Frequently, this route is crossed by human-made roads, leaving the toads at risk of being run over. “Toad migration routes have existed since time immemorial, so it would actually be more accurate to say that it is not the toads crossing the roads, but rather human-made roads crossing the toads' established routes...