Overview
- Nuremberg is recruiting volunteers for amphibian fences in Fischbach with dusk and dawn shifts once a week for up to two months.
- Würzburg has installed warning signs and published specific crossing hotspots where drivers should reduce speed.
- A toad-protection fence has been operating for a week in Mersch on the L671, with volunteers collecting animals from buckets each morning to reach Haus Venne.
- Local guidance advises about 30 km/h on known routes during wet evenings above 5°C, with brief, hazard-light stops to carry toads across when conditions allow, according to climate manager Carmen Wentingmann.
- Authorities warn of significant population declines tied to habitat loss and traffic, noting amphibians’ legal protection and the need for continued volunteer-supported measures.