Lovelorn salamanders will be protected from the threat of automobile tires as they make their annual pilgrimage across a road to a breeding pond this spring, an environmentalist said Friday.
Robert Winston, 44, said he got permission from the Board of Selectmen to barricade a 500-yard stretch of Henry Street at night so the spotted mole salamanders can cross from a wooded area to a shallow pond without being run over.
"We're probably talking about 100 salamanders," Winston said.