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Attendees of Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter's Wetland Pond Walk walk across the preserve Thursday evening, August 17, 2017. The group walked out to the frog ponds where Swaner staff and Utah DWR are managing the reintroduction of the Columbia Spotted Frog. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)

Attendees of Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter's Wetland Pond Walk walk across the preserve Thursday evening, August 17, 2017. The group walked out to the frog ponds where Swaner staff and Utah DWR are managing the reintroduction of the Columbia Spotted Frog. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)

Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter's Summer Intern Mitchell McIver speaks to attendees of the Wetland Pond Walk about efforts being made to reintroduce the Columbia Spotted Frog to the frog ponds on the preserve Thursday evening, August 17, 2017. The Preserve and the Utah DWR have been trying to reintroduce the species for the past 10 years with no success. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)

Julie Monahan is handed a container of pond inhabitants by Jake Mecham, native aquatics biologist with the Utah DWR, during the Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter's Wetland Pond Walk Thursday evening, August 17, 2017. The event educated attendees about the importance of wetland ecosystems as native wildlife habitat, as well as the Columbia Spotted Frog (which is a Utah-listed Sensitive Species). (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)

Jake Mecham, a native aquatics biologist with the Utah DWR, talks about how they have been working to reintroduce the Columbia Spotted Frog on the Swaner Preserve for the past 10 years during a Wetland Pond Walk Thursday evening, August 17, 2017. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)

Jake Mecham, a native aquatics biologist with the Utah DWR, talks about how they have been working to reintroduce the Columbia Spotted Frog on the Swaner Preserve for the past 10 years during a Wetland Pond Walk Thursday evening, August 17, 2017. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)

Attendees of Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter's Wetland Pond Walk walk across the preserve towards the frog ponds Thursday evening, August 17, 2017. The group met with Jake Mecham, a native aquatics biologist with the Utah DWR, who spoke about managing the reintroduction of the Columbia Spotted Frog. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)

A frog pond on the Swaner Preserve is one of the spots the Preserve and the Utah DWR are working to reintroduce the Columbia Spotted Frog. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)

Jake Mecham, a native aquatics biologist with the Utah DWR, leads the way to another frog pond on Swaner's preserve during a Wetland Pond Walk Thursday evening August 17, 2017. Attendees of the event learned about the importance of wetland ecosystems as native wildlife habitat, as well as the Columbia Spotted Frog (which is a Utah-listed Sensitive Species). (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)

Donna Sims walks through the Swaner Preserve's wetland during their Wetland Pond Walk Thursday evening, August 17, 2017. The walk educated attendees about the importance of wetland ecosystems as native wildlife habitat, as well as the Columbia Spotted Frog (which is a Utah-listed Sensitive Species). (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)

Donna Sims walks through the Swaner Preserve's wetland during their Wetland Pond Walk Thursday evening, August 17, 2017. The walk educated attendees about the importance of wetland ecosystems as native wildlife habitat, as well as the Columbia Spotted Frog (which is a Utah-listed Sensitive Species). (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)

Attendees of Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter's Wetland Pond Walk walk across the preserve towards the frog ponds Thursday evening, August 17, 2017. The group met with Jake Mecham, a native aquatics biologist with the Utah DWR, who spoke about managing the reintroduction of the Columbia Spotted Frog. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)

Kelly Cosgrove, middle, takes hold of Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter's Summer Intern Rhea Cone, right, as she crosses a stream on the preserve Thursday evening, August 17, 2017. The group made their way across the wetland to various frog ponds, where Swaner and the Utah DWR are trying to reintroduce the Columbia Spotted Frog. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)

Jake Mecham, a native aquatics biologist with the Utah DWR, walks around the rim of a frog pond during a Wetland Pond Walk at the Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter Thursday evening August 17, 2017. Attendees of the event learned about the importance of wetland ecosystems as native wildlife habitat, as well as the Columbia Spotted Frog (which is a Utah-listed Sensitive Species). (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)

Jake Mecham, a native aquatics biologist with the Utah DWR, walks around the rim of a frog pond during a Wetland Pond Walk at the Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter Thursday evening August 17, 2017. Attendees of the event learned about the importance of wetland ecosystems as native wildlife habitat, as well as the Columbia Spotted Frog (which is a Utah-listed Sensitive Species). (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)

Jake Mecham, a native aquatics biologist with the Utah DWR, walks around the rim of a frog pond during a Wetland Pond Walk at the Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter Thursday evening August 17, 2017. Attendees of the event learned about the importance of wetland ecosystems as native wildlife habitat, as well as the Columbia Spotted Frog (which is a Utah-listed Sensitive Species). (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)

Donna Sims looks at a container of pond inhabitants after arriving at the Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter's frog ponds Thursday evening, August 17, 2017, during their Wetland Pond Walk. The event educated attendees about the importance of wetland ecosystems as native wildlife habitat, as well as the Columbia Spotted Frog (which is a Utah-listed Sensitive Species). (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)

Donna Sims looks at a container of pond inhabitants after arriving at the Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter's frog ponds Thursday evening, August 17, 2017, during their Wetland Pond Walk. The event educated attendees about the importance of wetland ecosystems as native wildlife habitat, as well as the Columbia Spotted Frog (which is a Utah-listed Sensitive Species). (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)

Attendees of Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter's Wetland Pond Walk walk across the preserve towards the frog ponds Thursday evening, August 17, 2017. The group met with Jake Mecham, a native aquatics biologist with the Utah DWR, who spoke about managing the reintroduction of the Columbia Spotted Frog. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)

Attendees of Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter's Wetland Pond Walk walk across the preserve towards the frog ponds Thursday evening, August 17, 2017. The group met with Jake Mecham, a native aquatics biologist with the Utah DWR, who spoke about managing the reintroduction of the Columbia Spotted Frog. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)

Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter's Summer Intern Mitchell McIver, left, points out a deer across the preserve to attendees of the Wetland Pond Walk Thursday evening, August 17, 2017. The walk educated attendees about the importance of wetland ecosystems as native wildlife habitat, as well as the Columbia Spotted Frog (which is a Utah-listed Sensitive Species). (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)