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Sierra Nevada, California { 15 images } Created 28 Jan 2010

Trecking on horseback to find the mountain yellow-legged frog, Rana muscosa, in Sixty Lakes Basin, Sequoia National Park, Sierra Nevada of California
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  • The critically endangered Mountain Yellow-legged Frog, Rana muscosa.
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  • Researcher Vance Vredenburg swabs a Mountain Yellow-legged Frog to test for the presence of the amphibian chytrid fungus, responsible for wiping out frogs from pristine lakes in the high Sierra Nevadas of California.
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  • Vance Vredenburg injects a microchip into Mountain Yellow-legged Frog, to allow him to track the progress of the frog.
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  • Packer and mule-train climbing into the Sierra Nevada with our gear for six days.
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  • Traveling on horseback in Sequoia National Park, Sierra Nevadas of California
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  • Climbing out of Rae Lakes on the final ascent into Sixty Lakes Basin, high in the Sierra Nevada, to find the Mountain Yellow-legged Frog, Rana muscosa, a species that has gone from being one of the most abundant to one of the rarest in the area.
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  • The view from our camp site in Sixty Lakes Basin.
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  • Clouds of mosquitoes make head nets a permanent accessory during our time in Sixty Lakes Basin.
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  • High in the Sierra Nevada of California
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  • Sixty Lakes Basin, Sierra Nevada of California
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  • Waterfall in Sixty Lakes Basin, Sierra Nevada of California
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  • Sixty Lakes Basin, Sierra Nevada, California
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  • Looking out over Sixty Lakes Basin, Sierra Nevada of California
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  • Our packer enjoys a beer after the long journey down from Sixty Lakes Basin.
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