Learn about frogs and toads in the watershed with pictures, sound clips, and maps, and see what they mean for wetland and water resource health.

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Full Report:

2019-2020 Frog and Toad Survey

Explore the watershed through day and night, seeing what species have turned up on our remote cameras.

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Full Reports:

2018-2020 Remote Camera Survey

2020 Urban Otter Health

Learn more about our urban otter project, and report your otter sightings in the Vadnais Lake Area Watershed.

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July 2025 update: To report your otter sightings in the watershed, please fill out this form with the Otters and Water project.

You can check out an updated map of otter spottings on the Otters and Water website. 

Please note: this program is based in California, but readjusting the map view to Minnesota allows you to see all the otter activity in our watershed.