Sonoma State University recent graduate student Hale Garcia-Dean recently presented their master’s thesis work at The Wildlife Society Western Section annual meeting as well as at the California Nevada Amphibian Populations Task Force meeting. Hale’s presentations highlighted the work they conducted at Mitsui Ranch Preserve between 2022-2024 under the guidance of our managing ecologist Jeff Wilcox. This project used radio telemetry to determine how recently metamorphosed California red-legged frogs (Rana draytonii) disperse into the upland environment. Interested in reading more? Check out their Master’s thesis “Patterns of Dispersal and Short-Term Survivorship in Post-Metamorphic California Red-Legged Frogs (Rana draytonii)”