On Thursday, March 14, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., the Harris Center for Conservation Education will hold a workshop for people who are interested in pursuing and gaining knowledge of amphibians and the center’s salamander brigade event.

Each year, the Harris Center holds a salamander crossing brigade event to help salamanders and other amphibians cross the road during their spring migration. 

Brett Amy Thelen, the Harris Center’s science director, explained that “there's never just one migration.”

“A migration happens at least two or three times between the early to mid-spring months of March and April,” she said.

Thelen also stressed the importance of safety for volunteers in the brigade event.

“Safety is actually the most important part, and we will teach you what equipment you need and the process of standing by the road at night in the dark to help these animals,” she said. 

Thelen said this information is important because the amphibian spring migration typically happens in on rainy nights with temperatures in the mid-40s, so she wants volunteers to understand the conditions they will experience.

Thelen said anyone who would just like to learn more about amphibians and salamanders is welcome to attend. 

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“Even if you aren’t interested in helping, you can still help amphibians by not going driving on rainy spring nights when these animals migrate. The best thing to do is save your errands for the next day,” she said.

The workshop is on Zoom, and people can register at harriscenter.org/events/salamander-crossing-brigade-workshop-2024.