The Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) in association with the National Park Service will be running a 24 hour biodiversity survey of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.
The event is occurring Friday, September 24th into Saturday, September 25th. Dormitory housing is also available for $10 a person if you are interested.
If this event sounds like something you would like some more information about please visit http://www.peec.org/bioblitz/index.html or send an email to bioblitz@peec.org.
Ned Gilmore, the Collection Manager for the Departments of Vertebrate Zoology, Mineralogy & Scientific Publications
at the Academy of Natural Sciences, and one of the leading experts on our region’s herpetefauna, will be speaking on the “Frogs of the Lower Delaware Valley.” Ned’s one of the founding members of the DVHS, and a great speaker – this will be an interesting and extremely useful talk for people interested in getting out this spring.
The meeting will be at 8:00pm in Maple Shade, NJ.
Maple Shade Soccer Club
895 E. Main St.
Maple Shade, NJ 08052
http://www.mapleshadesoccer.net
DIRECTIONS TO: Main Street Soccer Complex
From New Jersey
From 295 North
1. Head southwest on I-295 S
2. Take exit 40 to merge onto State Rt. 38 W toward Moorestown
3. Turn right at S Church St
4. Turn left at W Main St
5. Bear right at E Camden Ave (County Rd. 537)
6. Continue as road turns into E Main St in Maple Shade (Clubhouse is just over bridge on right)
From 295 South
1. Head north on I-295 N toward Trenton
2. Take exit 36B to merge onto State Rt. 73 N toward Tacony Palmyra Bridge
3. Take County Rd. 537 exit toward Maple Shade/Moorestown
4. Turn left at E Main St (heading W)
(Clubhouse is immediately on right at top of ramp)
From Tacony Palmyra Bridge/Rt. 73
1. Head south on State Rt. 73 toward Marlton
2. Turn right onto N Forklanding Rd (heading S)
into Maple Shade
3. Turn left on E Main St (County Rd. 537) toward Moorestown
4. Clubhouse is on left just before exits for State Rt. 73
and Moorestown town line
From Pennsylvania
From 95 South
1. Head north on I-95 toward Trenton
2. Take exit for Betsy Ross Bridge (NJ Rt. 90 E)
3. Follow State Rt. 90 E directly onto State Rt. 73 S toward Marlton
4. Take exit for County Rd. 537
toward Maple Shade/Moorestown
5. Turn left at E Main St (heading W)
(Clubhouse is immediately on right at top of ramp)
From Ben Franklin Bridge/Rt. 30
1. Stay on US Rt. 30 in left lanes
2. Bearing left over ramp, follow signs for State Rt. 38 E
3. Follow State Rt. 38 E toward Cherry Hill
4. Take exit for State Rt. 73 N toward Tacony
Palmyra Bridge
3. Take County Rd. 537 exit
toward Maple Shade/Moorestown
4. Turn left at E Main St (heading W)
(Clubhouse is immediately on right at top of ramp)
The Delaware Valley Herpetological Society will be meeting on December 11th . Ed Kowalski, lead keeper in the Herpetology Department of the Philadelphia Zoo, will be talking about caecillians, focusing on the natural history and captive husbandry of the São Tomé caecilian (Schistometopum thomense). The meeting will be at 7:30pm in Maple Shade, NJ. for more information, go to http://dvherps.wordpress.com/meetings/.
The Delaware Valley Herpetological Society and the Marple Township Environmental Advisory Board present a free lecture on:
Snakebite
Scott McWilliams, MD
Dr McWilliams will present an update on current trends in epidemiology, first aid, and definitive medical management
8 PM, 25 September 2009
Marple Township Building, Springfield and Sproul Roads
From the East or West: PA Rte 3 (West Chester Pike) to PA 320 (Sproul Road), South to the “T”. Enter parking lot just past police station or turn left on Sproul and take your next left to get to the other parking lot (on the right).
From the North or South: Either take I-476 (Blue Route) to Exit 9 (Broomall) and go west on PA Rte 3, then south on PA rte 320 or take PA Rte 320 from wherever you are.
There is a parking lot around the Township/Library Building and one just to the east of the building. Street parking is possible on Sproul Road from the Police Station north.
Refreshments will be served. While there is no admission charge, there will be a voluntary collection to cover the speaker’s fee and other expenses.
School is back in session and I have a university student helping me to organize all the data that came in over the summer and update the maps. We hope to have revised maps up soon. Thanks to all the submissions over the summer, we have a lot of data to sort through. Thank you to everybody who submitted information!
Tim
I think that those of you who have seen the “original” PA herp atlas site will agree that the new sight looks a lot better. The address is a lot easier to remember too. All the credit for this amazing makeover goes to Jason Poston. Great job Jason! Jason and I will be working together to continue to improve the site. I’m working on new, improved maps of species distributions; Jason has been working on some brochures; etc. So check back often. Be sure to contact Jason or me if you have comments or suggestions. You can find our e-mail addresses under the Contact link, or you can use the web form under the same link. If you have any photos that you want to add to the photo gallery, e-mail them to either Jason or me. Around here the salamanders and wood frogs will be coming out in a little over a month – now that’s something to look forward to!
Tim
