I don’t recall who tipped me off to the Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy’s email newsletter, but I am glad that I found it and signed up. Those of you who are longtime listeners or readers of A Way to Garden know that I have, shall we say, a thing for frogs … so maybe it’s no surprise that I was delighted to discover an organization that is implementing a network of on-the-ground conservation projects around the U.S. in behalf of imperiled amphibians, as well as for reptiles.

The non-profit Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy’s mission is to identify and conserve the highest-priority places for amphibians and reptiles, in support of these important animals.

I contacted its executive director, conservation biologist JJ Apodaca, to ask him if some of that deep conservation expertise his team applies in their work could be sort of distilled for us gardeners, so that we can create landscapes that are more hospitable to these essential members of the food web, whose needs we too-often overlook.  

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