Portland's 'frog taxi' offers a life-saving lift to a struggling species

Portland's 'frog taxi' offers a life-saving lift to a struggling species Each winter, Portland volunteers "taxi" Northern red-legged frogs to and from their egg-spawning ground. JULE GILFILLAN, BYLINE: On a drizzly, chilly evening last March near Portland, Oregon, it was a perfect night for frog catching. GILFILLAN: Each year, starting in December, northern red-legged frogs hop up to a mile from their summer home in a forested park to their wetland spawning grounds. GILFILLAN: After a couple hours, the team gathers up the handful of frogs they've collected and loads the bucket into Fensterer's car for the short trip to the other side.