Every spring, frogs, salamanders and toads migrate throughout New England. During the trek, they often cross busy highways and roads – and many won’t survive the journey. This episode, we’re touching down in Keene, NH, to witness a migration and meet a group of volunteers who are helping local amphibians to beat the odds. 

Keene, NH - Salamander Crossing Brigade Volunteers, including Declan Read, (left), 8, come out on warm, rainy nights to help frogs and salamanders to cross the road during the annual springtime amphibian migration. (Anna Miller/Animalia Podcast)

A wood frog crosses the road, moving out of the breeding wetlands and back to the forest during a warm, rainy night in Keene, NH. (Anna Miller/Animalia Podcast)

A spotted salamander is transported to a volunteer’s clipboard, where it will be photographed and then quickly released back to the woods. Spotted salamanders have two distinct rows of yellow dots that are as unique and individualistic as a human’s fingerprints. These unique patterns help volunteers to identify and keep track of individuals as they return year after year to the same breeding sites over their 30-year lifespan. (Anna Miller/Animalia Podcast)

Salamander Crossing Brigade volunteers coordinate with Brett Thelen (second from right), Science Director of the Harris Center for Conservation Education, on a side-road in Keene, NH. (Anna Miller/Animalia Podcast)

A volunteer's flashlight lights up a migratory wood frog. (Anna Miller/Animalia Podcast)

A spotted salamander crosses the road to get to a wetland to breed. Spotted salamanders practice site affinity, and return year after year to the same breeding sites. (Anna Miller/Animalia Podcast)

A spotted salamander is spotted by Salamander Crossing Brigade volunteers and safely transported across the road. Adult spotted salamanders range from six to eight inches long, and are usually gray or black in color with bright yellow dots. (Anna Miller/Animalia Podcast)

Brett Thelen, Science Director of the Harris Center for Conservation Education, photographs a spotted salamander on her phone. These photographs will be added to a photo database that allows volunteers to identify individuals and keep track of the animals' activity over a sometimes 30-year lifespan. (Anna Miller/Animalia Podcast)

A wood frog pauses on the double yellow line before migrating back to the woods during a warm, spring night. (Anna Miller/Animalia Podcast)

A spring peeper is scooped u