May 2012 PNHS Newsletter by Brenda Huber

May 2012

volume 27, issue 5

Pacific Northwest Herpetological Society Inside this issue: Upcoming Events…… 2 General information…….

Letter from the President……………….. 4 Emerald City Reptile Expo Schedule of Events.…......…...…. 6 Seattle Science Festival……………………………... 8

Next Meeting: May 20, 2012 Meeting Location: Highline Community College

Board Meeting 4 p.m.

2400 S. 240th St., Des Moines, WA

General Meeting: 6 p.m.

Speaker Presentation: Dr. Jennifer Pramuk, Herpetologist & Curator at the Woodland Park Zoo will be speaking about “The Oregon Spotted Frog Project.”

Classifieds……………….. 11

Contacts & Vets….... 13 Membership Application

June PNHS Newsletter Deadline: May 31, 2012

PNHS:

Come hear a fascinating presentation!

Above: .The endangered Oregon Spotted Frog. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Images.

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Upcoming PNHS Events Pa g e 2 May 20, 2012:

PNHS Regular Meeting Meeting moved one week due to Mother ’ s Day. Herp-of-the-Month: “ Amphibians ” Speaker: Jennifer B. Pramuk, Ph.D., Curator, Woodland Park Zoo

June 1st, 2012:

PNHS ECRE Set-up Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, noon—? Contact Brenda Huber to ensure you ’ re on the sign-up list, or for more information. Brenda.Huber@pnwhs.org

June 2nd, 2012:

Emerald City Reptile Expo Seattle Center Exhibition Hall Early Load-in: 7:00 a.m. Doors open to public: 10:00 a.m.—6:00 p.m.

June 3rd, 2012:

Come be a part of our biggest show ever!

Emerald City Reptile Expo Seattle Center Exhibition Hall Early Load-in: 9:00 a.m. Doors open to public: 11:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m. Tear-down: 4:00—7:00 p.m.

June 10, 2012: PNHS Regular Meeting Herp-of-the-Month: “ Ball Pythons ” Speaker: Rockstar Reptile will be speak ing about herp genetics & discussing the latest and greatest exciting ball python morphs. Summer Outreaches: Stay tuned!

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General information & guidelines re

PNHS’ Monthly Meetings are a great place to learn something new, purchase feeders at a discount, and meet new people

General Information The Pacific Northwest Herpetological Society (PNHS) is a non-profit organization registered with the State of Washington. PNHS is dedicated to the education of its members and the public, as well as the conservation, ecology, and captive care and breeding of reptiles and amphibians. The society also takes an active role in legislative and environmental issues affecting these animals and their habitats. Meeting Information PNHS holds its general meeting on the second Sunday of every month (with exceptions for holidays) at 6:00pm at Highline Community College in Des Moines, Building 12 Room 101. The Board meeting begins at 4:00pm. Doors open at 5:30. Other business and socialization occurs between 5:30 and 6; then the General Meeting starts. Meetings are open to the public, and the society encourages anyone with an interest in herpetology to attend. Please purchase a membership to show your support for the society. Animal Donations Looking to adopt, release an animal or donate cages and equipment? Please contact the Adoptions Committee by email at adoptions@pnwhs.org, or by voicemail at 206- 583-0686. We will contact you and make arrangements. Other Donations The Adoption Committee receives minimal financial support from the Society, so donations of money, food, cages, and equipment are always needed and appreciated. Please contact the Adoption Chair to make a donation. Adoptions To adopt an animal that is in the care of the Committee, you must be present at the meeting, be a current member (of at least one month), and be over 18 years of age or have parental consent. For more details see the web site or contact the Adoption Chair. Newsletter Information A monthly newsletter absorbs the lion’s share of the price of a PNHS membership. In order to keep it interesting, we encourage contribution of original articles, book reviews, letters, ads, and cartoons for publication. Items for incorporation into articles are also welcome, though with no guarantee of their use. Submissions may be sent to the Newsletter Committee or to the Society through the contacts listed on the following page.

Above: Both Green Tree Python Photos courtesy of the Adams’ Family.

Editorial Policy The views expressed in this publication are solely the views of the authors and not necessarily the views of the Society, its members, or the Newsletter Committee. The Newsletter Committee reserves the right to edit all submissions including advertisements.

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Letter from the President By Brenda Huber

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Take a Deep Breath….

The largest expo of its kind in the Pacific Northwest, the “Emerald City Reptile Expo,” (“ECRE”) is officially at T—2 weeks, and part of an unprecedented Seattle Center event: The Seattle Science Festival and the Seattle Science Day Expo. The ECRE is a great family two-day event with thousands of reptiles, amphibians, chelonians, insects and various live critters both on display and for sale. Events include an outreach/handling area, educational tables, a reptile and amphibian adoption area, vendor tables, and live animal shows. Come explore various conservation and educational organizations such as the American Heart Association, the Amphibian Ark, the Global Amphibian Blitz, Northwest Trek, Point Defiance Zoo, WASART and others. Top exotic vets from the Pacific Northwest, and various rescue organizations such as Animal Talk Rescue and the Seattle Turtle and Tortoise Club, amongst others, will have educational displays and plenty of information on hand.

Are your “Outreach” displays ready? PNHS’ very own rescue rockstar, “Donatello,” the sulcata tortoise who was found running down Highway 167, will be presenting a special contest for kids: “Guess Donatello’s Weight.” The contest is free, and prizes will be awarded at the end of each day. The Northwest’s very own “Predators of the Heart” (www.Predatorsoftheheart.com) will be presenting daily shows with live exotic animals, including full-grown alligators, birds of prey, cougars, wolves, giant reptiles and others. Andrew Wyatt, President of USArk, the United Association of Reptile Keepers, will be attending both days of the ECRE. You can find him in the USArk booth in our “Conservation & Education” Section. Saturday evening, June 2nd, Andrew will host a fundraising auction for USArk in the Exhibition Hall. (If you would like to donate an item for the auction, please contact Brenda.huber@pnwhs.org ) Continued...

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Tickets will be sold at the door only. Volunteers get in free! Admission prices: General: $10.00/day, Seniors: $6.00/day, and all children 10 & under are free. Covered parking is available directly across the street from the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. Seattle Center has a total of 4 separate parking garages for public parking.

Want to help? I’ve got my eye on you! Above: The “Ecre Eye” logo created by the talented Mark Ely. Www.MarkElyDesign.com

ECRE “Event Day” & set-up/ tear down volunteers receive:  Free show admission for the entire day (a $10.00 value);  Parking vouchers (limited number so first come, first served… Volunteer ASAP);  Free food & drink, and access to the event “Staff Only” lounge; A souvenir ECRE 2012 “STAFF” t-shirt; and A limited-edition ECRE souvenir pen and notebook by local RHL artists.

If you would like to assist PNHS with the ECRE in any way, please send me an email. Brenda.Huber@pnwhs.org We welcome any amount of time you can donate, from five minutes of “spreading the word” on your social media sites, to an hour’s worth of folding show programs or stuffing gift bags at your convenience in your own home, to the actual set-up on June 1st, and finally, to the on-floor staffing of this major event June 2nd and June 3rd. We’d love for you to join us as we highlight herpetology during Seattle’s Science Festival, as part of the Seattle Science Day Expo festivities.

- Brenda Huber, PNHS President

...Here we go!

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Emerald City Reptile Expo: Schedule of Events Friday, June 1st, 2012:

Seattle Center Exhibition Hall noon - ?

ECRE Set-up

4:00 - ?

Vendors & Participants arrive for set-up

Saturday, June 2nd, 2012: 7:00 a.m. Early Load-in & Set-up 9:30 a.m. PNHS volunteers gather at PNHS Volunteer Headquarters Booth 10:00 a.m. Doors open to the public 11:45 a.m. PNHS Show: “The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: Adventures with Reptiles as Pets,” Fisher Plaza Stage 12:00 p.m. “Predators of the Heart” Live Show Exhibition Hall Stage 1:00 p.m. Seattle Science Month Opening Ceremo nies, Seattle Center Fountain 1:00 p.m. PNHS Show at the Mural Amphitheatre

JUNE Is designated as “Science Month” as part of the Seattle Center’s 50th Anniversary Celebration; For more information, go to www.theNextFifty.org

2:00 p.m. “Predators of the Heart” Live Show Exhibition Hall Stage 4:00p.m.

“Predators of the Heart” Live Show Exhibition Hall Stage

5:30 p.m. “Guess Donatello’s Weight” Saturday Raffle Ticket Drawing 6:00 p.m. Doors close to the public 7:00 p.m. USARK Auction Fundraiser 9:30 p.m. Vendor Appreciation Dinner, Location Top Secret

www.EmeraldCityReptileExpo.com

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Emerald City Reptile Expo: Sunday, June 3rd Schedule of Events Sunday, June 3nd, 2012:

9:00 a.m. Early Set-up 10:30 a.m. PNHS volunteers gather at PNHS Volunteer Headquarters Booth 11:00 a.m. Doors open to the public 12:00 p.m. “Predators of the Heart” Live Show Exhibition Hall Stage 2:00 p.m. “Predators of the Heart” Live Show Exhibition Hall Stage 3:30 p.m. “Guess Donatello’s Weight” Sunday Raffle Ticket Drawing 4:00 p.m. Doors close to the public 4:00—7:00p.m. Tear-down, clean-up

Above: Rescue Rockstar “Donatello” gets a treat at the Pacific Science Center, 2009. Photo courtesy of Suyama Images.

Above: Outreach Rockstar “Marge” (with her Rockstar Reptile owner & PNHS Board Member, Ted Adams) happily soaks up all of the attention at the Pacific Science Center, 2009. Photo courtesy of Suyama Images.

www.EmeraldCityReptileExpo.com

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Seattle Science Festival June 2012 Celebrate science! In June 2012, Seattle hosts the area's first science festival. As we mark the 50th anniversary of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, our region's schools, universities, cultural institutions, research centers and businesses come together to celebrate the importance of science and technology. Learn more about Science EXPO Day, Science Festival Week and the Science Luminaries Series. Top program sponsors after the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Chase Bank are The Microsoft Corporation, The Boeing Company, The Next 50 Seattle Center 2012, Ordinary People Foundation, Google, Washington STEM, and Intellectual Ventures. e Science Festival News

Luminaries Of Science Series Tickets On Sale One of the most exciting features of the inaugural Seattle Science Festival is the Luminaries of Science Series headlined by some of the greatest scientific and creative minds in the world. Join us for five provocative and entertaining evenings that celebrate and showcase the intersections of science, art and society. Tickets are now on sale. Learn More

More than 25,000 Computer Programming Symposium Announced Here's a great field trip opportunity for local teachers and students. A people are exfree Computer Programming Symposium has been set for Monday, pected to particiJune 4 at Seattle's Intiman Theater. Computers (including smart pate in the first phones) are everywhere around us: at home, at work, on desks, in cars, in pockets. Yet most people know little about how they work or annual Seattle how to program them. The software industry is growing faster than Science Festival ever before, with thousands of new startups creating a million jobs this June. this decade, but our schools graduate computer programmers at a slower pace than before. Although programming isn’t a skill that’s required to graduate from school, it’s the most sought-after skill for some of the highest-paying jobs in the market. And it’s actually pretty easy and fun once you’re introduced to it! This symposium will provide classes an introduction to how computers and the internet work, and what it’s like to write computer programs. Learn More

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Seattle Science Festival, continued... Science Expo Day: June 2nd, 2012 The following organizations are participating in Seattle Science Festival’s “Science Expo Day,” June 2nd, 2012.: Advanced Medical Isotope, Aerojet, American Chemical Society Puget Sound Section, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - Pacific Northwest Section, American Society of Civil Engineers / Structural Engineers Association of Washington, Bastyr Center for Natural Health, Boeing, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Cascades Science Center Foundation, Chase, DigiPen Institute of Technology, EMP Museum, Explorations in Math, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Girl Scouts of Western Washington, Granite Falls High School Eco Car Teams, Infectious Disease Research Institute, IslandWood, Komen Race for the Cure, KOMO, MatEd / National Resource Center for Materials Technology Education, Mercer Island Chiropractic, Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center, Microsoft Research, National Girls Collaborative Project, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North Seattle Community College, Northwest Association for Biomedical Research, The Northwest African American Museum, OAR Northwest, PACCAR Inc, Pacific Northwest Herpetological Society, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Pacific Science Center, PATH, Physio-Control, Inc., Public Health Seattle and King County Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, Puget Sound Energy, Puget Sound Engineering Council, Salish Sea Expeditions, Science and Math Institute (SAMI) at Bellevue College, Seattle Aquarium, Seattle Children's Science Adventure Lab, Seattle Department of Transportation, Seattle University, College of Science and Engineering, Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering - Seattle Chapter, Society of Women Engineers - Pacific Northwest Section, SPIE - The International Society for Optics and Photonics, StudentRND, Technology Access Foundation, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Western Washington Section, The Children's Museum, Seattle, The Museum of Flight, Tyee Middle School, University of Washington College of Engineering, University of Washington I-LABS, University of Washington Applied Physics Labs, University of Washington School of Pharmacy, University of Washington Bothell, University of Washington Center for Global Field Study, University of Washington Astronomy and Astrobiology Program, University of Washington CMDITR, University of Washington Genome Sciences, University of Washington Hands-on Science!, University of Washington FOLDIT Group, USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium, Washington State 4-H, Washington State Department of Ecology, Washington State FIRST Robotics, Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory Division, Washington State Science & Engineering Fair, WITEA, You CAN Do The Rubik's Cube

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Contact Information PNHS P.O. Box 27542

Adoptions:206-583-0686

Seattle, WA 98165

Email: contactus@pnwhs.org

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General information: 206-628-4740

Area Representatives N King & Snohomish

Brenda Huber 206-334-7168

brenda.huber@pnwhs.org

S King & Pierce

Dale Drexler

dale.drexler@yahoo.com

Greater Seattle

Aimee Kenoyer 206-200-1240

Peninsula, Island

Troy Barnhatt

Oregon

Elizabeth Freer 503-436-1064

253-606-4328

aimee.kenoyer@pnwhs.org elizabethfreer@aol.com

Officers for 2012 President

Brenda Huber

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Vice President

Brandon Winter

brandon.winter@pnwhs.org

President-Elect

Rachel Shirk

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Treasurer

Dale Drexler

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Secretary

Teresa Montoya

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Membership Secretary Geoff Sweet

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Members-At-Large

Ted Adams

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David Brunnelle Carol Dean

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Matt Lee

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Julie Sharkey

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Adoptions Coordinator Rachel Shirk

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Event Coordinator

Norm Hill

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Above: Kids are intent on everything Board Member Geoff Sweet has to say at an outreach in Duvall, 2005.

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