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--Boundary_(ID_Eu7iNxf5nhkSsy275TWSnw) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT SEPT. 19, 2010 - The CARCNET (Canadian Amphibians and Reptiles Conservation Network) meetings of Sept. 17-20 have just disbanded late this afternoon, and what remains is a field trip by bus from Wolfville to Kejimkujik Nat. Park for all day tomorrow. The two days of mostly student research presentations were very interesting and wide-ranging, all the way to using conservation canines (trained dogs) for sniffing out turtles, snakes, etc. and following their "tracks". And thanks to Fred Schueler for calling our (and my) attention to these meetings (no publicity seen anywhere in Wolfville nor in Acadia Univ. Biol. Dept.!!) and to his reports on the meetings. I was privileged to meet Fred and his partner, Aleta Karstad, during the meetings -- http://fragileinheritance.org and http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com . As Fred has alerted us, he and Aleta are giving a public presentation this Wednesday evening at 7:30 at the N.S. Museum of Nat. History, entitled "30 YEARS LATER EXPEDITION", a transCanada Biological Survey, launched in March 2010 in partnership with the Canadian Museum of Nature in celebration of the International Year of Biodiversity. This presentation is free and open to all. The following is on Fred's Web site (above): 30 Years Later EXPEDITION What do we know? Where are we going? What can we find out? Who can be involved? Biologist/artist team Fred Schueler and Aleta Karstad revisit the landscapes they have traveled over the past 20 to 40 years, checking the condition of ecological communities and populations of plants and animals, some of them now Species At Risk. Aleta will paint and draw enroute as Fred adds valuable new data to historical records, in a database partnership with the Canadian Museum of Nature. Building on a database of over 86,000 records, this is a rare long term study in an age of short term projects. 30 Years Later welcomes contributions from amateur naturalists and scientists, to suggest and add to our itinerary of revisits across Canada - an important baseline for the study of ecology and the environment. What do we know? Where are we going? What can we find out? Who can be involved? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Jim (James W.) Wolford 91 Wickwire Ave. Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada B4P 1W3 phone 902-542-9204 e-mail <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> "In wildness is the preservation of the world" -- Henry David Thoreau "A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone" -- Henry David Thoreau --Boundary_(ID_Eu7iNxf5nhkSsy275TWSnw) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 17.3px Arial"><b>SEPT. 19, 2010 - The CARCNET (Canadian Amphibians and = Reptiles Conservation Network)</b> <b>meetings</b> of Sept. 17-20 have = just disbanded late this afternoon, and what remains is a field trip by = bus from Wolfville to Kejimkujik Nat. Park for all day tomorrow. = The two days of mostly student research presentations were very = interesting and wide-ranging, all the way to using <b>conservation = canines</b> (trained dogs) for sniffing out turtles, snakes, etc. and = following their "tracks". And<b> thanks to Fred Schueler</b> for = calling our (and my) attention to these meetings (no publicity seen = anywhere in Wolfville nor in Acadia Univ. Biol. Dept.!!) and to his = reports on the meetings. I was privileged to meet Fred and his = partner, Aleta Karstad, during the meetings -- <a = href=3D"http://fragileinheritance.org">http://fragileinheritance.org</a> = and <a = href=3D"http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com">http://karstaddailypain= tings.blogspot.com</a> .</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 17.3px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 17.3px Arial">As Fred has alerted us, he and Aleta are giving a public = presentation <b>this Wednesday evening</b> at 7:30 at the N.S. Museum of = Nat. History, entitled <b>"30 YEARS LATER EXPEDITION"</b>, a = transCanada Biological Survey, launched in March 2010 in partnership = with the Canadian Museum of Nature in celebration of the International = Year of Biodiversity. This presentation is free and open to = all. </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 17.3px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 17.3px Arial"> The following is on Fred's Web site = (above):</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 17.3px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><p align=3D"center" = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 22.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"7" color=3D"#2a5923" style=3D"font: 33.0px = Helvetica; color: #2a5923"><b>30 Years Later EXPEDITION</b></font></p><p = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px"><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"6" color=3D"#9b5c36" style=3D"font: 21.0px Helvetica; color: = #9b5c36"><a = href=3D"http://fragileinheritance.org/projects/thirty/know/know.htm">What = do we know?</a></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"6" = color=3D"#2a5923" style=3D"font: 21.0px Helvetica; color: #2a5923"><br> = <a = href=3D"http://fragileinheritance.org/projects/thirty/going/going.htm"><fo= nt color=3D"#9b5c36" style=3D"color: #9b5c36">Where are we = going?</font></a><br> What can we find out?<br> <a = href=3D"http://fragileinheritance.org/projects/thirty/involved/involved.ht= m"><font color=3D"#9b5c36" style=3D"color: #9b5c36">Who can be = involved?</font></a></font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px = 0.0px"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"4" color=3D"#2a5923" = style=3D"font: 15.0px Helvetica; color: #2a5923">Biologist/artist team = Fred Schueler and Aleta Karstad revisit the landscapes they have = traveled over the past 20 to 40 years, checking the condition of = ecological communities and populations of plants and animals, some of = them now