The following are links to recent media coverage of the mountain yellow-legged frog and of amphibian declines in general. Right-click links to open them in a new window

• August 17, 2011: Los Angeles Times story on the mysterious deaths of more than 100 mountain yellow-legged frogs at Fresno's Chaffee Zoo [link].
• February 25, 2011: "News Focus" story in the journal, Science, describing how genomics and DNA sequencing technologies are being used to understand the impact of the amphibian chytrid fungus on mountain yellow-legged frogs [PDF].
• February 22, 2011: Tahoe Daily Tribune story on the potential listing of the mountain yellow-legged frog under the California Endangered Species Act (one of the better stories on this topic during recent weeks) [link].
• October 4, 2010: New York Times story on attempt by scientists to use skin bacteria from mountain yellow-legged frogs to ward off the amphibian chytrid fungus in the Sierra Nevada [link].
• June 9, 2010: Story in Nature on attempts by European scientists to reduce the impacts of the amphibian chytrid fungus on amphibian populations [link].
• March 6, 2010: Los Angeles Times story on efforts by the the San Diego Zoo to breed southern mountain yellow-legged frogs in captivity [link].
• February 11, 2010: San Francisco Chronicle story on the lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity challenging the California Fish and Game fish stockiing EIR-EIS [link].
• February 3, 2010: Sonora Union Democrat story on reactions by the Department of Fish and Game and members of the public to the possibility that the mountain yellow-legged frog will be listed under the California Endangered Species Act [link].
• January 28, 2010: Story in The Economist magazine about efforts by the Institute for Conservation Research to cryopreserve ovarian cells of the mountain yellow-legged frog [link].
• January 26, 2010: Story in the Sonora Union Democrat on the recent petition to list the mountain yellow-legged frog under the California Endangered Species Act [link].
• October 25, 2009: Fresno Bee story on the captive rearing of mountain yellow-legged frog tadpoles in the Fresno Zoo. Tadpoles were collected from a southern California stream whose watershed burned in the Station fire [link].
• October 25, 2009: Fresno Bee story on possible poisoning of trout populations to restore lakes and streams in Sierra Nevada national parks to their original fishless condition [link].
• April 1, 2009: Fly Rod & Reel story by Ted Williams ("Got Trout") about the recent lawsuit over fish stocking in California. [PDF].
• April 1, 2009: National Geographic magazine story on the role of the chytrid fungus in global amphibian declines. Mountain yellow-legged frogs are featured [link].
• February 19, 2009: San Francisco Chronicle story on work by scientists to halt the spread of the amphibian chytrid fungus [link].
• November 19, 2008: Fresno Bee story on new interim fish stocking restrictions developed by the California Department of Fish and Game and conservation groups [link].
• October 4, 2008: San Jose Mercury News story on a new fish removal project in the Desolation Wilderness designed to benefit the mountain yellow-legged frog [link].
• March 25, 2008: New York Times story on new research challenging the link between amphibian declines and global warming [link].
• January 21, 2008: Riverside Press-Enterprise story on efforts to rebuild populations of the mountain yellow-legged frog in southern California [link].
• August 7, 2007: San Francisco Chronicle story on the role of the amphibian chytrid fungus in the decline of the mountain yellow-legged frog [link].
• November 27, 2007: San Francisco Chronicle story on the possible impact of climate change on lungless salamanders [link].
• October 19, 2006: San Francisco Chronicle story on the EPA decision to study the effects of pesticides on California's endangered red-legged frog [link]
• October 19, 2006: San Francisco Chronicle story on the outcome of a lawsuit against the USWFS regarding the acency's decision not to immediately list the Sierra Nevada population of the mountain yellow-legged frog as "endangered" [link].
• September 28, 2006: San Francisco Chronicle story on how a decision by the California Department of Fish and Game to reduce backcountry fish stocking has not harmed the trout fishery [link].