It began with new roads radiating from main highways and gradually houses began to spring up. Young people growing up in the 1970s and early 1980s collected tadpoles in ponds along the roadside and in gravel pits. They heard northern spring peepers vocalizing during spring nights. Today apartment buildings and shopping centres are in their place. The ponds are gone and so are the frogs.
Amphibian populations tend to benefit during the early stages of development.
The roadside and gravel pit ponds provide excellent breeding habitat. Some species even overpopulate. However, automobiles and children keep the populations in check most of the time. Once you get away from populated areas and into the wilder areas of Nova Scotia amphibian populations seem to be doing just fine. There are some who would disagree with me.