ABSTRACT: The Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog (Rana sierrae; SNYLF) population in Gable Lakes, California has been identified as having chytridiomycosis (Bd) infection, an infection that has been linked to global amphibian die-offs. California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL) at the University of California, Santa Barbara are proposing to conduct an emergency field treatment and intervention after CDFW biologists found this population to be Bd positive in 2020. CDFW believes that, without successful treatment, a potential die-off event may be imminent in the spring of 2021 based on recent extirpations of Bd positive populations in nearby drainages (e.g., Big Pine, Coyote [...]
