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Vernal Pool Association Promoting the study appreciation and protection of vernal pools. HOME VERNAL POOLS ECOLOGY PROTECTION EDUCATION GALLERIES Wicked Big Puddles More Vernal Pools Vernal pools occur worldwide. They are common across the landscape in the glaciated northeastern United States forming in small kettle ponds left behind as the glaciers melted away in springfed holes and ditches that hold water for a portion of the year but dry out regularly. These ephemeral wetlands serve critically important roles as host to an amazing diversity of organisms including salamanders and frogs mammals birds turtles and snakes and a staggering diversity of invertebrates.