Key Resources
Vermont Vernal Pool Monitoring Project Manual
The key document for all Vernal Pool Monitors. The VPMon Manual details when you should visit an adopted vernal pool; the protocols behind equipment setup and data collection & submission; and how to identify vernal pool indicator species.
Vernal Pool Monitoring Data Sheet
The data sheet is the field form used during each of the required visits to a vernal pool. Volunteers use it to record basic site conditions, weather, and observations of amphibians and aquatic invertebrates. The completed data sheets are submitted to the Vermont Center for Ecostudies for review and analysis.
2023 VPMon Intro
The Orianne Society Vernal Pool Workshop
AudioMoth Configuration
HOBOconnect Directions
Vernal Pool Monitoring Data Sheet Instructions—Explains how to fill out each section of the VPMon data sheet, one of which should be filled out for each of the 4 official visits to an adopted vernal pool.
Leaf Litter Survey Protocol—Explains how to preform a leaf litter survey of a vernal pool.
Vermont Vernal Pool Indicator Species ID Sheet
Northern Woodlands Egg Mass Drawings
Field ID Cards for Northeast Vernal Pool Indicator Species
Field ID Cards for Vermont Vernal Pool Indicator Species— Compiled by Dawn Morgan, University of Maine
A Field Guide to the Animals of Vernal Pools
Key to Amphibian eggs and larvae — This key to identification of amphibian eggs and larvae of Minnesota includes most species found in VT.
A Guide to Larval Amphibian Identification in the Field and Laboratory — This manual for the identification of larval amphibians in Indiana includes numerous VT species, include the 4 VP indicators.
Forest Trees of Maine — A field guide for trees of Maine, and the northeast. Available online for free from the State of Maine.
Common Forest Tree Leaves ID Sheet — Covers 11 common species whose leaves may be lining a vernal pool’s basin in Vermont. Use as a starting guide for the leaf litter ID protocol.
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Maine
The Amphibians and Reptiles of New York State
