San Diego workshop

[Sally Shelton]

Please note that the correct date for this is Friday, March 13. Apologies

for any confusion a previous posting may have caused.


Declining Amphibians and Reptiles in California

a workshop on key conservation issues presented by leading herpetologists


San Diego Natural History Museum


13 March 1997


8:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M.



Declining Amphibians and Reptiles in California


The San Diego Natural History Museum announces a workshop/seminar on issues

affecting California's declining amphibians, to be held at the Museum on 13

March 1997, 8:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M.  The workshop will address ecological forces

relevant to these animals' conservation, such as streambed erosion and

degradation, the introduction of the bullfrog, and governmental efforts

toward their conservation. Additional topics and speakers may be added.  A

reception immediately following the seminar will give ample opportunity for

questions and answers.


If you need further information, please call Philip Unitt at 619-232-2821

ext. 235.  Please copy and pass the flyer to other interested biologists, or

call us with their names and addresses.  We look forward to seeing you !


For further information, you can also check our website at

<<http://www.sdnhm.org/research/symposia/amph-w98.html>



The San Diego Natural History Museum


The San Diego Natural History Museum is part of the Balboa Park museum

community. It was established by the San Diego Society of Natural History,

which was founded in 1874. The museum is accredited by the American

Association of Museums. The San Diego Natural History Museum is dedicated to

providing biological and geological expertise and education for southern

California and Baja California.


The SDNHM herpetology collection includes holdings of 68,000 reptile and

amphibian specimens, including 66 primary and secondary types. The most

important part of the collection is the range of over 8000 rattlesnakes

collected by Laurence Klauber, whose notes and library are also housed at

the Museum.


The SDNHM collections are part of the museum's Biodiversity Research Center

of the Californias, which supports the San Diego Natural History Museum's

mission by providing the scientific foundation for its operations and

programs. The BRCC seeks to fulfill this mission through the discovery ,

description, and understanding of the natural environment of the museum's

region and how that region is integrated with the wider world.







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<center><bold>Sally Y. Shelton

</bold><smaller>Director, Collections Care and Conservation

San Diego Natural History Museum, P. O. Box 1390

San Diego, CA   92112

phone (619) 232-3821, x226; FAX (619) 232-0248; <<sshelton at sdnhm.org>

<<http://www.sdnhm.org>

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