OFFICIAL PUBLICATION FOR THE BAY AREA AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE SOCIETY

BEHIND BAARSJune 2013

Rainbow Boa ©Dave Colling (with permission)

Next Club Meeting:

General Meeting

Friday, June 28 @ 8:00pm(doors open 7:30pm)

Cubberley Community Center, Room M-2 Music Room, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto

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Contents

President’sReport - 2

Events &Activities - 3

Feedback - 5

Bob Norris - 6

Archives - 7

Survey - 8

Board Notes - 9

Treasurer’sReport - 9

Herp of theMonth - 10

In the News - 10

Art Contest - 11

Cafepress - 11

Editor’s Shelf - 12

Correction - 13

Board Members& Contacts -14

MembershipForm - 15

President’s Report

Hello BAARS Members and Supporters,

Can’t believe that another month has flown by. I’d like to thank Dr. Bob Norris for

giving a great presentation last month (in May). For those of you who missed it,

Dr. Norris spoke on venomous snake and arthropod bites (from spiders,

scorpions, ticks, and mosquitoes). Dr. Norris is the head of Stanford’s

Department of Emergency Medicine, a staunch BAARS supporter, and an expert

in the area treating venomous snake and spider bites.

Our June general meeting will feature Dave Colling, who is a successful breeder

of Rainbow Boas and runs Rainbows-R-Us

(http://http://rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com/homepage.htm). Dave is a long-time

BAARS member and has had some pretty remarkable success with pioneering new

genetic morphs (see below, for a picture of “Zena”, a Super Candy Stripe Brazilian

Rainbow Boa).

July is still open, but I’m trying to get Al Wolf locked down for July 26th. If he can’t

make July, BAARS will try to book him for September. Al Wolf runs Sonoma

County Reptile Rescue and always brings rattlesnakes (which seems to make for a

very entertaining meeting).

August we’ll have “Turtle and Tortoise” night (with support from the Silicon

Valley Turtle and Tortoise club). We plan on featuring James Liu at the August

meeting; he is the former collections manager to the Behler Chelonian

Conservation Center and has extensive experience in keeping rare species of

turtles and tortoises. James was planning on speaking at our June meeting, but is

currently in Nicaragua working with turtles of Central America.

On July 27th, BAARS will be having the “Reptile Rally” at the Sulphur Creek Nature

Center in Hayward. This is a great little nature center, close to downtown

Hayward, and a great venue to bring our reptiles and help educate the public.

Please, remember to check the events calendar for the latest information on the

educational shows that BAARS participates in.

Try to make the next BAARS general meeting (June 28th), and try to introduce a

friend to BAARS!! There’s a lot that BAARS has to offer, but we need help to get

the word out!!

Sincerely,

Scott Alexander, BAARS Interim President, 2013

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UPCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIESContact Joanne Petersen, joanne.hiratsuka@gmail.com, if you'd like to help BAARS participate in these

shows. More details are on our BAARS.org under Events & Shows & Meetings.

BAARS thanks all of the folks who do these shows every year. Shows are so much more fun when we have

lots of volunteers participating, bringing their herps to these various shows for kids and adults! We hope to

see more of you come to these events. Variety is important, to let folks see the many different kinds of

animals that the BAARS community keeps.

June 2013

June 288 p.m.

BAARS General Club Meeting - >>> Room M-2 Music Room <<<

Speaker: Dave Colling on Rainbow Boas. Don’t miss it!

June 30Noon - 4 p.m.

California Welcome Center, SalinasCalifornia Welcome Centers are scattered throughout the state; they are having ananniversary party at the Salinas site. Bring your herps and welcome visitors toCalifornia! California Welcome Centers are California's Official State VisitorCenters offering valuable information and services for today's traveler. ContactJoanne and/or Tony Velez, avelstude@yahoo.com, to sign up.

July 2013

July 64 p.m.

BAARS Board Meeting (on Saturday!)

At the Tengan Pleban’s house in Cupertino. Contact tmtengan@att.net .

July 2111 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Bay Area Turtle & Tortoise Rescue’s Open House, Castro Valley

Gary & Ginger Wilfong are hosting an Open House at 20038 Butterfield Drive, CastroValley, CA 94546-4135. They have an amazing collection of tortoises and turtles,well worth checking out! Here’s a recent news story on the Wilfongs:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-qTsqOQTKs.For more information, contact Gary at garywilfong@juno.com or 510-677-5552.

July 2711 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Reptile Rally, Sulphur Creek Nature Center

The Bay Area Amphibian and Reptile Society (BAARS) will be sharing their amazing

array of reptiles. Bring the family and slither into an exciting day of learning about

snakes, lizards, turtles, and tortoises. Admission Free. Phone: (510) 881-6747.

Website: http://www.haywardrec.org/events.html

July 268 p.m.

BAARS General Club Meeting - >>> Room M-2 Music Room <<<

Speaker: TBD.

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August 2013

August 1-4Noon - 7 p.m.

Santa Clara County FairBAARS will bring herps to the Santa Clara County Fair. This is a great opportunity tomeet with kids and adults to show our herps! The fair is from Thursday, August 1stthrough Sunday, August 4th, 12 noon to 7 p.m. all days. I would like to have BAARSparticipate at least on Sat/Sun if I can get enough volunteers. We can work shifts iffolks can't stay all day. Please bring your pets, even for just a few hours on one day.

August 2 BAARS Board Meeting

At TBD.

August 238 p.m.

BAARS General Club Meeting - >>> Room M-2 Music Room <<<

Turtle and Tortoise Night with support from Silicon Valley Turtle and Tortoise Club.

September 2013

September 6 BAARS Board Meeting

At TBD.

September 27 BAARS General Club Meeting - >>> Room M-2 Music Room <<<

Speaker: TBD.

Summer BAARS Turns 30!

See upcoming newsletters for flashbacks and a mid-summer birthday party

announcement. Email behindBAARS@gmail.com with historical stories and

photographs for the newsletter!

TBD Pepperwood Farm Herpetelogical Field Trip - More info soon!

October 2013

October 4 BAARS Board Meeting

At TBD.

October 25 BAARS General Club Meeting - >>> Room M-2 Music Room <<<

Speaker: TBD.

October 2610 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Audubon Wildlife Education Day

Wildlife Education Day has become one of the premier festivals in the Bay Areawhere hundreds of families come together to celebrate and learn about birds,nature, ecology, and wildlife. Over a dozen nature-related organizations willprovide live animal demonstrations, educational presentations, free hands-onactivities, early morning bird walk, and more. BAARS will show our herps!

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Member Feedbackfrom Tony Velez

We had a good turnout last night at the BAARS meeting. 40 people came to hear and see Dr. Bob Norris;

good to see some old and new faces. We have some fun events coming up like Sulphur Creek, and Santa

Clara County Fair. Check out the BAARS web site often for updates. We need plenty of volunteers for these

events -- please support BAARS at these events. You may want to talk to any of us that have done events to

find out how much fun they are.

See you soon,

Tony, proud member of BAARS

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May General Meeting Guest Speaker:

Dr. Bob Norris

by Scott Petersen

At the BAARS May general meeting, those attending once again had the great fortune to be educated,

informed, and amused by Dr. Robert Norris. As many of you know, Dr. Norris, besides being a Professor of

Surgery and Chief of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University Medical Center, also has an emphasis in

Wilderness medicine and Venomous Bites and Stings, amongst other areas of specialty. BAARS is fortunate

that he is also a big supporter of herpers and herping, which helps him tailor his presentation to our unique

audience.

During his presentation, the BAARS audience was fortunate to not only learn about venomous snakes, but

biting and stinging insects as well. Recognizing that many in his audience at the BAARS meeting pursue

their herping interest out into the field, he provided both insight and education into some of the insectoid

creatures that one may encounter in fields, deserts, and forests. He covered a broad range of insects from

ticks, bees, wasps, spiders, centipedes, to scorpions (I am sure I have missed a few here). Besides learning

about the fascinating chemistry of their venom and how it affects tissue, the nervous system, and

circulatory system, we also learned about their habitats, defense mechanisms, and mating rituals. For

example, many people were not aware that many Brown Recluse bites are not felt initially, and they have

not established themselves in California. We also learned that size sometimes does matter in the case of

scorpions, where it is the smaller species that we need to be more concerned with.

When it come to venomous snakes, we are fortunate in California to only have to worry about the

rattlesnakes, while other parts of the USA also have to worry about copperheads, water moccasins, and

coral snakes. But when it comes to California rattlesnakes, the different subspecies appear to have

different temperaments. Some are aggressive, while others seem to be less affected by human proximity.

It was interesting to learn that North American venomous snakes are not nearly as deadly as many of the

venomous snakes found in other parts of the world. And while it is still possible to die from a North

American venomous snake bite, the number of deaths has been greatly reduced with proper medical care.

Most of the deaths here are the result of delaying or not seeking medical help, secondary complications, or

a complete lack of common sense. We learned that coral snakes can be found in pine and scrub oak sandhill

habitats, as well as sometimes inhabiting hardwood areas and pine flatwoods that undergo seasonal

flooding. Despite their very toxic venom, the fact that very few bites are reported is due mainly to their

reclusive nature, and their preference of flight over fight. One last bit of information that was shared was

that the poem used to remember the difference between a coral snake and a king snake: “Red touches

yellow, kills a fellow. Red touches black, friend of Jack” only works north of Mexico City. Below that latitude

the poem may not hold true.

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From the BAARS Archives: How Old Is BAARS?

Is BAARS actually 30 years old?

How would we know? Well, we are actually not totally sure anymore as several long-standing members

have reported in with more information. So, if you know something, let us know!

The Board has documents indicating BAARS was founded officially in 1983.

However, Karen and Gary Schroeder wrote the following:We still have newsletters from as far back as Feb. of 1981, labeled Vol. V , No. 2, and I was newsletter editorthen. I am pretty sure we joined the club around 1978, and we were among a small group who paid $100 toraise money for the club treasury to keep the infant organization going. That giant membership fee gave usmembership “for life,” and never having to pay dues again. In 1981 we were meeting at the West Berkeleypublic library. The founder of the club was Karen Shushan. We moved to Amarillo, TX. in Dec. of 1984 andhave lived here for 28 1/2 yrs. Soooo, I’d say BAARS is at least 35 yrs. old.

Pete Marshall found an article about BAARS from1996 in Reptiles Magazine -------------------------->

The Editor speculates that Karen may have changedher name over time and did some sleuthing, butdid not come up with anything conclusive to post.

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Archive Photo from a 2008 Sulphur Creek Show.

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Membership Survey: Meeting Times/Locations

by the BAARS Board

Please fill out the online survey here: http://tinyurl.com/leu62vo or from your email inbox. If you are

totally disinclined to do an electronic survey, you can print this page, mark your answers, and email them to

BAARS Board Meeting Survey, c/o Palo Alto Junior Museum, 1451 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA

94301-3351

The BAARS Board is trying to determine whether we should consider changing our meeting day, location, or

time. Since, as a BAARS member, this is your meeting, we thought our best course of action was to ask for

your input. Please use the comment box at the end of the form for additional comments.

1. Do you currently attend the BAARS General Meeting?○ Always○ Sometimes○ Rarely○ Never

2. If you could choose the weekday for the BAARS General Meeting, which days would you choose?○ Friday○ Saturday○ Sunday○ Monday○ Tuesday○ Wednesday○ Thursday

3. If you could choose the starting time, what times would you prefer?○ 8 p.m. (current)○ 7 p.m.○ 6 p.m. (on a weekend day)○ 6 p.m. (on a weekday)○ Other:

4. How far do you currently travel to attend BAARS Meetings?○ Optionally, tell us where you are traveling from.

5. What locations would you prefer for the General Meeting?○ San Jose○ Palo Alto○ Other:

6. Would you be willing to pay a higher membership fee in order for BAARS to be able to change themeeting location?○ Yes○ No○ Other:

7. Share your thoughts on meeting location, time, and place.

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BAARS Board Report

Highlights from June 7 Board MeetingPresent were: Aleks, Scott & Joanne, Tania, Austin and Aria, Eric, Scott A, Kyna, Gil & Dorothy and Jim.

● The Board has adopted a Conflict of Interest Policy.

It is posted on our website under “Who We Are” >> COI Policy.

● BAARS will be at the Santa Clara County Fair. Sign up at the General Meeting. This is a large event

and we have room for (and need) all the help we can get (with or without animals to show).

Next Board Meeting: Saturday, July 6, at 4pm at Tania Tengan / Michael, Austin, and Aria Pleban’s house in

Cupertino. Contact Tania tmtengan@att.net for directions.

Proposed Agenda Items: None yet; submit to any board member.

Treasurer’s Reportby Scott Petersen

This report covers the club’s fiscal activities for May 2013.

Monthly income for the month of May was greater than the monthly expenses for the first time in the last

three months. As you can see from the table below, this month’s positive cash cancels out the loss from the

previous two months.

This reversal can be directly attributed to the generous stipend received from the Sherman Oaks School for

Tanya, Austin, & Aria’s participation in their Earth Day event; to the generosity of BAARS members and

guests in their donations at the food table during the May general meeting; new & renewed memberships;

and a donation from Tony as a result of rodent sales.

Expenses for the month were limited to general meeting room rental and hardcopy newsletter printing and

postage.

Total assets for the club also increased to $3,458.14 as of the end of May.

Posting Date: ___YTD 3/31/2013 4/30/2013 5/31/2013

Expenses $1294.27 $194.52 $281.63 $128.00

Income: $1053.38 $87.75 $209.23 $304.98

Cash flow: -$240.89 -$106.77 -$72.40 $176.78

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Herp of the Month

Herp of the Month at the General Meeting:

Amphibians and Water Turtles

When you bring an animal, make sure:● It is in a suitable and secure container.● Your animal is healthy and energetic.● It is not aggressive or very shy.● Supply heat, moist towels, or water if

needed.● If you want to present (2 minutes), be

prepared; practice ahead of time what youwould like to share

● Think of something unusual about youranimal; be ready to answer questions fromthe audience.

The Year in Herps

June: Amphibians and Water Turtles

July: Small Lizards: e.g. Geckos, Anoles, Bearded

Dragons

August: Tortoises

September: Pythons & Boids

October: Creepy Crawlies (Arachnids, Insects)

See your herp in the newsletter!Submit a paragraph (or two) and good-quality photograph, drawing, or comic of your animal to the

newsletter editor at behindBAARS@gmail.com.

In the News

Submitted by Joanne PetersenThe Hula painted frog (Latonia nigriventer),thought to be extinct, is alive, well, and a rareliving fossil. Read more in the Scientific Americanarticle at this link:http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2013/06/05/extinct-frog-rediscovered/

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See Your Artwork on BAARS Merchandise!

By the BAARS Board

Hello BAARS Members!

BAARS members have asked for schwag, and not just t-shirts. We now have the Cafepress store where you

can purchase various BAARS-branded items. The bigger and more diverse our selection, the more choices

you have in how to show your support for BAARS!

We would like to invite BAARS members (that’s YOU) to submit BAARS-branded original artwork for

consideration. The Board will decide which artwork will be added to the store based on the following

criteria:

● BAARS-themed (must include BAARS logo or name)

● Original artwork that appropriately represents the club and our activities

● Digital or non-digital, as long as it can be scanned, photographed, or otherwise represented

electronically in sufficiently high resolution. For digital submissions, a non-lossy format, such as

PNG is preferred.

● We encourage members of all ages and abilities to submit designs!

The fine print:

All submissions become the exclusive property of BAARS and can be altered as needed. (We need to own

the branded artwork that we put into the cafepress store. You may sign the artwork. We may ask you to sign

a release.)

BAARS Cafepress Storehttp://www.cafepress.com/baarsby Aleks Haecky

You can now purchase BAARS-themed merchandise at the BAARS Cafepress store. At this time, ourselection of artwork and items is small. We want to change that!Let us (behindbaars@gmail.com) know what kind of articles you might be interested in purchasing.We would also like to expand the kinds of designs we offer. See above on how to submit designs to befeatured on BAARS schwag!If you are experiencing any issues with the store, let us know. The store is brand new and untested. Bethe first to try it!

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Editor’s Shelf

Submit Photos, Notes, and Articles!

Hello BAARS Members!

Do you have an update on BAARS or herp-related activities?Did you:

● attend a show and enjoy it?● read a cool book, article, or website?● write a herp-related paper, report, short-story, or essay?● take pictures that you would like to share?● adopt or purchase a new pet, have a great experience with a veterinarian or a store?● go on a field trip or hike? read a book on herps?● draw a comic or a picture?● have success breeding your animals? figure out how to get an animal to eat?● build a cage? create a setup? rearrange your pond? solve a setup problem?

Submit your newsletter contributions to behindBAARS@gmail.com. Your submission does not have to beperfect! Please do not submit materials for which you do not have the copyright. For copyrightedmaterials, also submit proof of publication permission from the copyright holder.

All materials for the June newsletter are due on Friday, June 14.

Aleks - BAARS Newsletter Editor

BAARS Membership Discounts (show membership card)

● East Bay Vivarium, Berkeley - 10%● Dr. R. Singh, Veterinarian, Sunnyvale - 10%

Newsletter Exchange - More News for YOU!

BAARS exchanges Newsletters with a number of other clubs. Check out the folder of recent newslettersat the General Meeting, or contact the Newsletter Editor. Some newsletters - for example, MinnesotaHerpetological Society - are available in electronic format, and can easily be shared over email.

Here is a sampling of recent newsletters: Minnesota Herpetological Society, Herping Headlines fromNCHS, St. Louis Herpetological Society, The Tortuga Gazette, Sacramento Turtle and Tortoise Club, andVoice of the Turtle.

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CORRECTION: by The Editor

Hi BAARS Members,the May 2013 BAARS newsletter printed an article that implied that you needed a California Fishing

License to keep native pet reptiles and amphibians. As this has been an open and speculated onquestion before among BAARS Members, I contacted the California Department of Fish and Wildlife toget a definite answer. Our correspondence is included below.

Question: Is there any l icense or permit required to possess native reptiles not for any purposes l isted below? Inparticular, is a valid fishing l icense required to possess a legally obtained native reptile as a "pet"?

Native Reptile CaptivePropagation Permit

$59.23 Required for every person, who, for commercial purposes, sells, possesses,transports, imports, exports or propagates native reptiles or whopropagates native reptiles for noncommercial purposes.

Scientific Collecting Permit $307.50 Issued to any resident or nonresident to take or possess, in any part ofthe state, for scientific, educational, or propagation purposes,mammals, birds and the nests and eggs thereof, fish, amphibians,reptiles, or any other form of plant or animal l ife.

Good afternoon Aleks,Your email has been forwarded to me for response.Regarding the possession of native reptiles, there are some native reptiles that are l isted as Restricted Species andcannot be taken or kept as pets. Please see the hyperlink for the Restricted Species Laws and Regulations. You willfind Section 671(c)(11), Title 14 of the CCR, on page 10, that begins the l ist of restricted reptiles.http://www.nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=28427&inline=trueIn order to legally take a non-restricted native reptile from the wild, you will need a valid 2013 Sport Fishing License.Please see Section 5.60, Title 14, of the CCR in the provided linkhttp://www.dfg.ca.gov/regulations/FreshFish-Mar2013/ccr-t14-sec5_60.htmlOr the 2013-2014 California Freshwater Sport Fishing Regulations, starting on page 20, for the l ist of reptiles and baglimits. As long as the reptile was legally taken with a Sports Fishing License, a valid l icense is not required forkeeping a native reptile in your possession. (e.g. If you legally caught a Salmon with your Sport Fishing License, youcould gift it to a friend or family member and they would not need a valid Sport Fishing License to keep it in theirfreezer.)If you do plan on the propagation of Native Reptiles, you will need to apply for a Native Reptile Captive PropagationPermit. Please see the hyperlink for the current laws and regulations regarding Native Reptile Captive Propagation.https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=35207&inline=trueIf you have any further questions, I can be reached at either at this email address or the phone number l isted below.

Bill CaputoLicense and Revenue BranchCalifornia Department of Fish and Wildlife1740 North Market Blvd Sacramento, Ca. 95834(916)928-4665, Will iam.caputo@wildlife.ca.gov, www.wildlife.ca.gov

Gisele notes that the California Outdoors Q and A column will print the answer we received. You can sign up toreceive posts here: http://californiaoutdoorsqas.com/

Another interesting post is “Why Do Turtles Sold as Pets Have a Size Limit?” here:http://californiaoutdoorsqas.com/2013/05/02/why-do-turtles-sold-as-pets-have-a-size-limit/

And answers to many other herp-related questions.

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BAARS 2013 Board Members

ELECTED OFFICERSPresident - Vacant

Immediate Past and InterimPresident -Scott Alexander408-823-3675alexander_scott@yahoo.com

Vice President-Eric Koessel510-847-4392erickoessel@yahoo.com

Membership Secretary-Kyna Hendra408-204-5131Membership.baars@gmail.com

Recording Secretary-Vacant

Treasurer-Scott Petersenscottepetersen@gmail.com

MEMBERS-AT-LARGEGilbert Castro408-582-4247Tortoise.whisperer@yahoo.com

Jim Goehring408-252-0338jimathome@sbcglobal.net

GiseleGisele.baars@gmail.com

Tania Tengan 408-499-5867 tmtengan@att.net

Aria Pleban

Diana H.

APPOINTED OFFICERSNewsletter Editor & Publisher -Aleks Haeckyvhaecky@gmail.com

Librarian- Tony Velez831-442-3100aveltude@yahoo.com

Show Coordinator-Joanne Petersenjoanne.hiratsuka@gmail.com

Publicity Director- Vacant

Webmaster-Wolfgang Keil

Adoptions Coordinator-Austin Plebanbaars.adoptions@gmail.com

NEWSLETTER DUE DATES

March newsletter submission deadline:March 8, 2013 (second Friday)

April newsletter submission deadline:April 12, 2013 (second Friday)

Thank you Joanne Petersen for proofreading.

Send all submissions to:behindBAARS@gmail.com or the board mailing l ist

Accepted Content:We love herp-related original articles, trip and show reports,stories about your animals, and original photographs anddrawings. You retain all rights but grant us permission to use,edit, and publish in the newsletter and on our website withattribution.

Accepted Formats:The newsletter editor can open almost anything. Plain text in anemail is great. Attach images to email or provide URL.

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Membership Application

__New Membership __ Renewal Membership __Change of Address

Individual/Family: __1 Year ($25) __2 Years ($50) __ 3 Years ($75) __4 Years ($100)

Special: __Sustaining ($35) __Contributing ($50) __Patron ($100) __ Institutional ($20)

__Check to have your special gift mentioned in the newsletter

NAME:________________________________________________________________

EMAIL: ______________________________________________________________

Address:_______________________________________________________________

City/State/Zip:___________________________________________________________

Phone: ________________________________________________________________

What reptiles/amphibians do you own?__________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

What other herps do you have experience with?____________________________________

How did you learn about BAARS:_______________________________________________

Are you interested in:

__Learning about something in particular

__ Field herping

__Photography

__Participating in shows

__Participating in educational events

BAARS Membership Secretary

c/o Palo Alto Junior Museum

1451 Middlefield Road

Palo Alto CA 94301-3351

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