In order to address this question, we have begun to raise newt eggs from newts of the two different pH ponds in water of different pH. For example, during the summer of 2000, we brought newts from Wood Pond (high pH) into the lab and got them to breed. We then reared those eggs in water with either a high pH (pH=8) or a low pH (pH= 4.5). There was a small difference in hatching success of the two groups of eggs: 89.2% for eggs reared in high pH and 84.4% for eggs reared in low pH water. These data are only preliminary.