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As the weather warms up, Lake County Forest Preserves officials are poking through wetlands to count salamanders as part of a decade-long wildlife monitoring program.
Salamander counting
Sheryl DeVore / Lake County News-Sun
Northern Illinois University Ph.D. student John Vanek, left, and Lake County Forest Preserve District biologist Gary Glowacki look in minnow traps to see if any salamanders are inside at the Rollins Savanna in Grayslake. 
