Our Toad Watch program is a volunteer led identification and conservation project which aims to help the Western Toad, a SARA listed species, cross from their year round habitat to their breeding grounds in the wetlands of the Columbia River. 

Each year Western Toads move downslope from their forest habitat on Mt. Mackenzie and Mt Cartier to breed in the marshes at the edge of the Columbia River. The adults, followed not long after by the toadlets, then return to the forest in late July or early to mid-August (temperature dependent). Each crossing means traversing Airport Way which can be busy with residential, business and recreational traffic. Volunteers visit Airport Way at dusk and on rainy days to record data and move toads off of the road. Toad Watch activities include recording the sex, vitality status, location and direction of travel to collect valuable information on our local population of Western Toads.

If you are interested in participating in Toad Watch 2025, please review the materials on our website and contact revelstoke@wildsight.ca if you have any questions.