KHS Annual Meeting Program
(In Preparation)

Kansas Herpetological Society
37th Annual Meeting Program

5-7 November 2010

Gary K. Clarke Education Center
Topeka Zoo
Topeka, Kansas

Note to speakers: We will adhere to a strict schedule for talks. Please plan your talks for no more than 12 minutes with an additional 3 minutes for questions from the audience. The lecture room will have a ceiling mounted projector and computer with Powerpoint capabilities. Speakers should load their talk onto the computer no later than the break session before their talk. Any questions about the equipment or meeting facilities should be emailed to Kathy Ellis at kathyshidler@yahoo.com or Joseph T. Collins at jcollins@ku.edu.


All scientific paper sessions for the KHS 37th Annual Meeting will be held in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo, Topeka, Kansas, on 6-7 November 2010. There are many motels in Topeka. Listed below are links to a map of the TBA and a map of TBA (so you won't get lost). KHS members are encouraged to patronize the Topeka Holidome (605 SW Fairlawn Road; call 800-822-0216), which offers a special reduced rate ($00.00 per night) for those attending the meeting; be sure to mention Topeka Zoo if you want the special rate and be sure to register for lodging by the DEADLINE of TBA October 2010. Lodging arrangements will not be made by the KHS.

Topeka Area Lodging

Topeka Area Map

Register in the foyer in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo with the KHS Treasurer on Saturday and Sunday: Students (9th Grade through 12th Grade) $5.00 per person; all others $10.00 per person. K through 8th Grade are admitted free.


KHS AUCTION. The annual KHS auction will be held on Saturday night (7 November) in the foyer in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center at the Topeka Zoo . All proceeds from the auction go to the KHS. BEER, SOFT DRINKS, AND SNACKS WILL BE FREE.

ZOO BOOK SALES. The well-known and highly esteemed book seller, Eric Thiss, will display his tremendous diversity of herpetological titles in the foyer in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo. Buy your favorite books, new and old. Eric is a generous contributor to the KHS auction.


FRIDAY, 5 NOVEMBER 2010

7:00 pm to 11:00 pm: KHS SOCIAL at Barnett's Party Barn, 10631 SW Burlingame Road, Wakarusa, Kansas (if you get lost, call Kathy Ellis at 785-383-2788). Come talk to other herpetologists and discuss the creatures with which we are so obsessed. Tell us about them. Drink beer. Eat. Sing. Kiss. Boogie. Humor is appreciated.


SATURDAY, 6 NOVEMBER 2010

8:00 am to 4:00 pm Registration for both days: Mary Kate Baldwin (KHS Secretary) and Eric Kessler (KHS Treasurer) in the foyer in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo. Free coffee, juice, and donuts will be available.

Scientific Paper Session 1 in in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo
Moderator: George R. Pisani, Kansas Biological Survey

9:00 am Welcome by Kathy Ellis (KHS President).

9:05 am Welcome by Brendan M. Wiley, Director, Topeka Zoo, Topeka, Kansas

9:15 am KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Daniel D. Fogell, Southeast Community College, Lincoln, Nebraska. Topic: TBA

9:45 am Speaker: Steven Higgins, University of South Dakota, Vermillion. Topic: Preliminary Findings on Cryoprotection by Urea and Glycerol in the Boreal Chorus Frog (Pseudacris maculata) ***

10:00 am Speaker: Jodie Hearlson, Jennifer Singleton & Brent Thomas, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas. Topic: Selected Aspects of Semi-Aquatic Turtle Assemblages in East-Central Kansas Ponds ** ***

Break 10:15 am

Scientific Paper Session 2 in in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo
Moderator: Dwight R. Platt, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas

10:30 am Speaker: Peter Warny, WildMetro Inc., New York, New York. Topic: Urban Turtle Ecology: The City Sliders of New York

10:45 am Speaker: Eva A. Horne, Kansas State University, Manhattan. Topic: Cricket Frogs Talk . . . with their Feet **

11:00 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

11:15 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

11:30 am to noon KHS Group Photograph taken by Larry L. Miller (Kansas Heritage Photography, Wakarusa)

LUNCH: 11:45 am to 1:15 pm (at the restaurant of your choice)

Scientific Paper Session 3 in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo
Moderator: David Oldham, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas

1:15 pm Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

1:30 pm Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

1:45 pm Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

2:00 pm Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

2:15 pm Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

2:30 pm Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

Break 2:45 pm

Scientific Paper Session 1 in in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo
Moderator: Dan Carpenter, Derby, Kansas

3:00 pm Speaker: Jennifer Singleton, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas. Topic: Escape Rates of Aquatic Turtles from Funnel Traps and Basking Traps ***

3:15 pm Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

3:30 pm Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

3:45 pm Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

4:00 pm Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

4:15 pm KHS General Business Meeting with KHS President Kathy Ellis presiding in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo.

Introduction of KHS Officers & Dignitaries by Kathy Ellis

KHS Treasurer's Report for 2009 by Eric Kessler

KHS Secretary's Report for 2009by Mary Kate Baldwin

KHS Editor's Report for 2009 by Curtis J. Schmidt

KHS Historian's Report for 2009 by Suzanne L. Collins

Report on Plans for the 38th Annual KHS Meeting in Topeka, Kansas, in 2010 by KHS President-Elect Derek Schmidt (Overbrook, Kansas).

Election of KHS Officers for 2010. The KHS Nominating Committee is composed of Joseph T. Collins (Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence), David Oldham (Pittsburg State University), and Eva Horne (Kansas State University), and offers the following slate of candidates:

For President
Derek Schmidt, Overbrook, Kansas
Served as president-elect during 2010, and automatically assumes the KHS presidency on 1 January 2011.

For President-Elect
Travis W. Taggart (unopposed), Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas.

For Treasurer (unopposed)
David Oldham, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas.

For Secretary (unopposed)
Eva A. Horne, Kansas State University, Manhattan.

KHS Awards Ceremony
Moderator: Joseph T. Collins, Kansas Biological Survey, University of Kansas

Presentation of the Howard Kay Gloyd-Edward Harrison Taylor Scholarship for 2010. The recipient receives a commemorative certificate and a check for $300.00.

Presentation of the Alan H. Kamb Grant for Research on Kansas Snakes for 2010. The recipient receives a commemorative certificate and a check for $300.00.

Presentation of The Suzanne L. & Joseph T. Collins Award for Excellence in Kansas Herpetology for 2010. The recipient of The Collins Award receives a commemorative plaque and a check for $1000.00.

Presentation of The Bronze Salamander Award for Distinguished Service to the Kansas Herpetological Society for 2010.

KHS Business Meeting adjourns around 5:00 pm.


SATURDAY, 6 NOVEMBER 2010

KHS SOCIAL & AUCTION

Where: TBA

When: 6:30 pm

The KHS Auction will be conducted in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center at the Topeka Zoo by Walter E. Meshaka, Jr., Daniel Fogell & Eric Thiss, ably assisted by KHS Secretary Mary Kate Baldwin and KHS Treasurer Eric Kessler, and featuring many breath-taking books and other items (of questionable value). The KHS takes cash, credit cards, and checks. Be sure and get a bidding number before the auction commences. Bid vigorously, and support the KHS.


SUNDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 2010

8:00 am Registration for participants that did not register on Saturday: Mary Kate Baldwin (KHS Secretary) & Eric Kessler (KHS Treasurer) in the foyer near the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo. Free coffee, juice, and donuts will be available.

Scientific Paper Session 1 in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo
Moderator: Curtis J. Schmidt, Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas

9:00 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

9:15 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

9:30 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

9:45 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

10:00 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

Break 10:15 am

Scientific Paper Session 1 in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo
Moderator: Dan Johnson, Overland Park, Kansas

10:30 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

10:45 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

11:00 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA, Topic: TBA

11:15 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

11:30 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

Noon: Presentation of the third annual George Toland Award for 2010. This award will be given for the best paper presented at the meeting by a KHS student member on the ecology of North American amphibians, reptiles, and/or turtles. The KHS Awards Committee will select the winner. The recipient must be present at the end of the KHS meeting to receive the commemorative certificate and a check for $200.00, co-sponsored by the KHS and The Center for North American Herpetology.

ADJOURNMENT

Have a safe trip home. See you on the first weekend in November 2011 in Topeka, Kansas, for the 38th Annual KHS Meeting.


37th Annual Meeting Committee
Kathy Ellis (Chairperson)
Mark Ellis, Dan Johnson, Derek Schmidt, Suzanne L. Collins, Joseph T. Collins

Notes: The Suzanne L. & Joseph T. Collins Award for Excellence in Kansas Herpetology will be given at this KHS 37th Annual Meeting in Topeka, Kansas, to the KHS member judged to have published or presented the best paper on a native species of Kansas herpetofauna. The KHS Awards Committee (Daniel D. Fogell, Travis W. Taggart & Walter E. Meshaka, Jr.) will select the recipient from presentations made and papers published during 2008 and 2009. During odd-numbered years (photography competition), only KHS members are eligible. During even-numbered years (scientific presentations or publications), candidates are strongly encouraged to join the KHS, because preference will be given to KHS members.

** after a title indicates it is a candidate for The Collins Award in 2012.

*** after a title indicates it is a candidate for The Toland Award, to be presented on Sunday (7 November 2010) at the close of the meeting. This year The Toland Award will be $200.00 and a commemorative certificate.

Nominations for the Howard Kay Gloyd-Edward Harrison Taylor Scholarship for 2010 will be accepted from 1 January to 15 September 2010. Submit your nominees to the KHS Awards Committee Chairperson (see the inside front cover of the latest Journal of Kansas Herpetology). This year the Gloyd-Taylor Scholarship will be $TBA and a commemorative certificate.

Applications for the Alan H. Kamb Endowed Grant for Research on Kansas Snakes for 2010 will be accepted from 1 January to 15 September 2010. Submit your application to the KHS Awards Committee Chairperson (see the inside front cover of the latest Journal of Kansas Herpetology). This year the Kamb Grant will be $TBA and a commemorative certificate.


Updated 26 July 2010