2007 CHS Calendar of Events               

8/17/07
August Board of Directors Meeting Board of Directors Meeting Link

8/29/07
August General Meeting General Meeting Link  

Speaker:  Dr. Douglas Mader
Topic: "Medical Marvels in Herp Medicine"  Dr. Mader, a graduate from the University of California, Davis in 1986, is the co-owner the Marathon Veterinary Hospital, a referral hospital in the Conch Republic. Dr. Mader is a Diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (Canine and Feline Practice) and is a Fellow in the Royal Society of Medicine. Currently he is the consulting veterinarian for the Marathon Sea Turtle Hospital, the Monroe County Sheriff's Zoo, the Key West Aquarium and the Theater of the Sea. Dr. Mader has published numerous articles in scientific and veterinary journals and is on the review boards of several scientific journals.
You may be familiar with Dr. Mader through his monthly column in Reptiles magazine, "Veterinarian Q&A" and if you've ever taken a herp to the vet, you've likely benefited from his book, Reptile Medicine and Surgery, which is the standard veterinary textbook on the subject.
Dr. Mader is an internationally acclaimed lecturer in high demand so we are lucky to have him as a speaker.

9/14/07
September Board of Directors Meeting Board of Directors Meeting Link

9/26/07
September General Meeting General Meeting Link  

Daniel D. Beck is a professor of biology at Central Washington University in Ellensburg , Washington .   Growing up along the Wasatch front in Utah , Daniel D. Beck found his early calling by  keeping chickens and catching snakes, for which he built special cages.  After stints as a zookeeper and a cabinetmaker, Dan earned BS and MS degrees in biology from Utah State University and a PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of Arizona .  His research on the ecology, physiology, and behavior of helodermatid lizards and rattlesnakes spans 25 years, and has taken him throughout the deserts of the Southwestern U.S. and the Tropical Dry Forests of Mexico and Guatemala.  Once, while doing fieldwork in Sonora, Mexico, a Gila Monster even crawled into Dan’s sleeping bag!  Considered the foremost authority on helodermatid lizards, Dan’s new book “Biology of Gila Monsters and Beaded Lizards” was released in summer of 2005 by the University of California Press .  His interest in building also persists as many friends helped Dan and his family build a straw-bale house they now inhabit in Ellensburg, Washington.  

10/19/07
October Board of Directors Meeting Board of Directors Meeting Link

10/31/07
October General Meeting General Meeting Link  

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11/16/07
November Board of Directors Meeting Board of Directors Meeting Link

11/28/07
November General Meeting General Meeting Link  

12/?/07
December Board of Directors Meeting Board of Directors Meeting Link

12/?/07
December General Meeting General Meeting Link  

1/18/08
January Board of Directors Meeting Board of Directors Meeting Link

1/30/08
January General Meeting General Meeting Link  

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