Cattle ponds double as habitat for threatened amphibians
When ecologist Jackie Charbonneau learned that cattle ponds in the East Bay hills are vital to rare amphibians, it came as a surprise. Stock ponds can be so muddy and trampled that “they can look like a bomb hit them,” said Charbonneau… But the stock ponds dotting East Bay rangelands are in trouble…. Today Charbonneau is part of a multi-agency team that restores these unconventional wildlife habitats.