I remember reading that launch sites are often nature reserves because they're launch sites. An exclusion zone enforced by armed guards does wonders for biodiversity.
The artillery training ranges I grew up near to were similarly lush.
That sounds extremely iffy to me. The "disturbance" may be short lived, and the space they take up may be a small portion of the island, but I find it hard to believe that the degree of disturbance caused by a rocket launch can be canceled out by its brevity.
Best line in the caption: "...the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has an agreement with NASA to use the NASA-owned portion of Wallops Island for research and management of declining wildlife in special need of protection."
Hopefully NASA works to make certain the launch area is clear of small critters in the future. It's really not good PR to be blasting frogs (or anything) with a few hundred thousand pounds of rocket exhaust.
what if one of it's ancestors once thought, i would like to fly like one of those things. a few generations of evolution later you have a flying frog. sadly that's not how evolution works.
