Setting fire for frogs: Prescribed burn makes way for endangered amphibian
The WDFW burn team ignites area southwest of Potholes Reservoir.
Over the first week of March, the WDFW prescribed burn team burned 266 acres just south of Interstate 90 and west of Moses Lake.
Grant County Fire District 3 (left), and WDFW prescribed burn team Matt Eberlein (center) and Duane VanWoert (right) discuss protocol Tuesday morning.
Prescribed fire manager Matt Eberlein, the "Burn Boss," goes over protocol Tuesday morning.
The last remaining Washington population of northern leopard frogs lives on the south edge of Potholes Reservoir.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s prescribed burn team met Tuesday morning, west of Moses Lake and south of Interstate 90, to burn 266 acres of tall grass and encroaching vegetation.
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