Toad Detour Training

Learn how to protect our toads! Toad Detour protects the local toad population as they migrate to and from their breeding grounds each spring. When the toads emerge from brumation (the reptile version of hibernation) in the early spring, hundreds of them cross Port Royal, Hagy’s Mill and other nearby roads to mate in the Roxborough Reservoir or the Schuylkill Center’s ponds. Toad Detour season runs from March 1st to June 30th. On select nights, when the conditions are just right, Toad Detour volunteers erect barricades and help divert traffic during busy toad crossing evenings, saving hundreds of toads.
Sign Up
This family-friendly Toad Detour volunteer training session will be hosted at the Visitor Center on Saturday, February 7th from 1-2pm. Sign up to let us know you are coming. Can’t make it on this date? Watch our online Toad Detour training video here. Questions? Contact volunteer@schuylkillcenter.org.
Winterfest
This event is part of our Winterfest series, which celebrates wildlife at the Schuylkill Center. We invite you to bring a donation of cotton balls, kitchen trash bags (13 and 55 gal), free and clear laundry detergent, or Dawn dish soap to this event to help us care for sick, injured, or abandoned wildlife at the Wildlife Clinic.