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> Last Legs: A Californian Frog's Decline
Last Legs: A Californian Frog's Decline
With gorgeous underwater shots, this film explores the complex issues surrounding land management in relation to wildlife species sustainability.
A Film by Christian Cebrian
17 Minutes
Grades 9 - Adult
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LAS-760
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Over the last hundred years, the mountain yellow-legged frog has disappeared from ninety percent of its historic range. Join the frog at eleven thousand feet in the Sierras, during its breeding season in the ice and snow.
Last Legs
explores current research into the frog's decline. It turns out that the fish stocked for recreation are devouring the frog to extinction.
With gorgeous underwater shots, this film explores the complex issues surrounding land management. Fish have been introduced by state agencies into habitats they haven't existed in since the last Ice Age.
Last Legs
asks: what is our responsibility for maintaining wilderness?
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Recommended
...A thoughtful and well constructed film...in just 18 minutes it does a wonderful job of acquainting the viewer with the challenges faced by the mountain yellow-legged frog which has disappeared from more than 90 percent of its historic range."
— Educational Media Reviews Online
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Recommended
. Christian Cebrian's beautifully shot
Last Legs
shows viewers the frog’s habitat and behaviors, and presents interviews with naturalists, who discuss the problem of the amphibian’s dwindling numbers, raising questions regarding wilderness and land management."
— Video Librarian
MERIT AWARD FOR CONSERVATION MESSAGE
International Wildlife Film Festival
Last Legs: A Californian Frog's Decline
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