Reptile Day at the Virginia Living Museum
The annual Reptile Weekend at the Virginia Living Museum was held February 14-16, 2009.  Participants included the Virginia Herpetological Society, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, and the Virginia Aquarium Stranding Team.  Visitors also could enjoy craft activities, story time, story telling, and live animal shows.  The feature animals of the weekend were a Galapagos Tortoise, large Burmese Python, and a Black and White Spitting Cobra.  Over 4,300 visitors came to the museum to enjoy Reptile Weekend. 

Event Photos:

 

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VHS 2009 Annual Spring Survey
Date: May 1st - 3rd
Location: Occoneechee State Park
Area Map
Known and Likely Herps of Occoneechee State Park

Survey Summary

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Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge - Snake Force One
Date: May 16th

Event Summary

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Scarlet Kingsnake Blitz
Date: June 13th - 14th
Location:  Smith Mountain Lake State Park and surrounding area.

 

Survey Summary

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Fourth Annual HerpBlitz
Date: July 10th - 12th
Location:  Breaks Interstate Park


Survey Summary

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Resource Ramble III
Date: August 29th
Location: Camp Powhatan Blue Ridge Scout Reservation

Survey Summary

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Virginia Natural History Society
presents
"Historical Explorations into Virginia's Natural History”
Date: Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009
Location: Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville, Va.

 

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2009 Fall Meeting of the Virginia Herpetological Society

Where: Three Lakes Nature Center & Aquarium - 400 Sausiluta Dr., Richmond, VA 23227
When: October 24, 2009

2009 Fall Meeting Agenda

Ongoing
   Student Posters on display, silent auction, photo contest voting, some items for sale
8:30 am
   Arrival, registration, submissions (photos, student posters, auction items), breakfast snacks, tour
9:00 am
   Dr. Joy Ware – Snake Force One presentation
9:30 am
  

Jason Gibson & Dr. Paul Sattler – Natural History of the Eastern Spadefoot
10:00 am
   Tom Thorp – Project Bog Turtle
10:30 am
   Break
10:45 am
   Dr. Reid Harris – Keynote Speaker – The role of antifungal bacteria in treating and preventing chytridiomycosis in amphibians.
12:00 noon
   Lunch break (picnic shelter reserved in park) (Poster judging completed by the end of lunch.)
1:30 pm
   Live Auction
2:20 pm
   close both auctions
2:30 pm
   Student Oral Paper Presentations
4:00 pm
   break
4:15 pm
   close of photo contest, finalize judging of student papers, and giving awards, etc.
4:30 pm   VHS Business Meeting
After 5pm
   For those sticking around the area in the evening, feel free to join some officers and members at the Northside Grille for dinner and socializing.

Area Lodging

Howard Johnson Express,
8613 Brook Road, I-95 Exit 83B Parham Road, Richmond, VA 23060
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60893-d270567-Reviews-Howard_Johnson_Express-Richmond_Virginia.html

Sleep Inn,
950 East Parham Road, Richmond, VA 23228-6511
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60893-d124480-Reviews-Sleep_Inn-Richmond_Virginia.html


Econo Lodge,
8350 Brook Road, Richmond, VA 23227
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60893-d110875-Reviews-Econo_Lodge-Richmond_Virginia.html

Holiday Inn I 64 W Crossroads,
2000 Staples Mill Road, Richmond, VA, US, 23230
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60893-d110867-Reviews-Holiday_Inn_Richmond_I_64_West_End-Richmond_Virginia.html

 

2009 Registration Form
2009 Symposium Flyer
2009 Student Symposium Flyer

*** Don't forget to bring extra cash for the Live and Silent Auctions ***