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Palo Alto Junior Museum - Dads & Donuts

Palo Alto Junior Museum, 1451 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA
Sunday,  February 7, 2010   10:00am - 12:00 noon

This is a members-only event hosted by the Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo on behalf or the Junior Museum. Several BAARS members will be on hand with their unusual pets to show, and will be available to answer questions and discuss the proper care and special needs of their animals.

Contact::  Caroline Alexander   cello33dolly@yahoo.com.

Earth Day Celebration

Westwind Barn, 27210 Altamont Road, Los Altos Hills, Ca.
Sunday April 18, 2010,  from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

BAARS will be participating in an Earth Day Celebration hosted by Westwind Barn. A BAARS member will be giving a presentation on reptiles at the show. Atleast two dozen groups are expected to participate.  A special attraction will be the "Live Wild Cats" education program by Leopard's Etc.

Contact::  Caroline Alexander   cello33dolly@yahoo.com.

Festival for the Environment

Mount Madonna School, 491 Summit Road, Watsonville, Ca.
Saturday April 24, 2010, from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.
http://ecofest.us/

BAARS will be participating in the 4th Annual Festival for the Environment hosted by the Mount Madonna School in Watsonville. This is a "green family event" celebrating Earth Day. It will feature live music, eco-friendly shopping, student exhibits, hands-on learning activities, natural arts & crafts, and organic food & refreshments. BAARS will have live reptiles to show, including some that are becoming threatened in their native locals. Several members will be on hand to discuss the special needs and husbandry of their animals.

Contact::  Caroline Alexander   cello33dolly@yahoo.com.

Pepperwood Field Herping Campout

Pepperwood Ranch Preserve, Sonoma County
Friday-Sunday,   May 21-23, 2010
About Pepperwood Preserve

The 3,117 acre Pepperwood Ranch nature preserve is now operated by the Pepperwood Foundation, with a mission to preserve this beautiful open space in its natural state for current and future generations to enjoy and study.

Pepperwood, located in Sonoma County, north of San Francisco Bay, between the Sonoma and Napa Valleys, features incredible views and rich biodiversity, including nine different plant communities and a variety of native reptile and amphibian species. While we have called this a "Field Herping Campout", in reality, it is hardly camping. Lodging will be in cabins with bunk beds, electricity, and a complete kitchen - nearly all the amenities of home - but with a glorious view and peaceful surroundings away from the stressors of modern life.

Sign-up is a must for this event, and there is a $10.00 registration fee to hold your place.

Contact::  Eric Koessel   erickoessel@yahoo.com.

Animal Day Open House

A Children's Garden Childcare and Learning Center, 610 East Dunne Ave, Moran Hill, CA
Saturday,  January 16, 2010   10:00am - 1:00pm

BAARS has been invited to participate in the Animal Day Open House at A Children's Garden Childcare and Learning Center in Morgan Hill, CA. Historically, this has been a well-attended event. BAARS members will be present with their pets. Come pet a Blue Tongue skink or a large boa constrictor; feel the spiny skin of a bearded dragon and the hard shell of a tortoise; there will even be some frogs to look at. The owners will gladly answer questions and discuss the proper care and special needs of their animals.

Contact::  Caroline Alexander   cello33dolly@yahoo.com.

North Bay Herp Society 13th Annual Reptile Bazaar

Herzog Hall, Petaluma Fair Grounds, 175 Fairgrounds Drive, Petaluma, CA
Saturday,  October 31, 2009
Reptile BAZAAR

Come see and buy a variety of captive bred Reptiles, Amphibians, and Arachnids. Also for sale are books, cages, and all your reptile-keeping supplies!

Contact::  Eric Koessel   erickoessel@yahoo.com.

Palo Alto Junior Museum - Halloween Zoo Night

Palo Alto Junior Museum, 1451 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA
Friday,  October 30, 2009   5:00pm - 8:00pm

BAARS has been invited to attend this event and to bring their pets to show and share. Members will be available to answer questions and discuss the proper care and special needs of their animals. There will be snakes, large and small, various lizards, and a number of turtles and tortoises. We participated in this show last year and it was very well attended and lot of fun.

As this is a members-only event hosted by the Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo on behalf or the Junior Museum please visit their website to find out how you can become a member and participate in this and other events they host.

Contact::  Caroline Alexander   cello33dolly@yahoo.com.

Audubon Society's 18th Annual Wildlife Education Day

McClellan Ranch Park, 22221 McClellan Road, Cupertino, CA
Saturday,  October 24, 2009   10:00am - 2:00pm
Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society Education Day

The Audubon Society's  goal is to raise the awareness of children and adults about local environmental and wildlife issues by offering live presentations, booths, and displays....  Make a bird feeder; build a bird house. Other activities will include:  an early morning bird trip, a wildlife poster contest for school children, a scavenger hunt and a raffle. BAARS members will be in attendence showing a variety of reptiles to see and touch. They will be happy to discuss the special care that these animals need and to answer any questions.
Check out this informational flyer for additional information, including photos, activities and directions.

Contact::  Caroline Alexander   cello33dolly@yahoo.com.

Walk on the Wild Side

Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley
3027 Penitencia Creek Rd, San Jose, CA 95132
Saturday,  October 17, 2009   10:00am - 3:00pm
www.wcsv.org/

The Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley (WCSV), which serves sick, injured, and orphan wildlife, will be hosting their annual wildlife awareness day, Walk on the Wild Side. There will be live animal presentations, hands-on activities for the kids, and educational and informational booths. The WCSV will have a number of the their educational animals on display. In addition, several local groups, including the Youth Science Institute (YSI), Parks and Recreation, Bat Conservation, and BAARS, will all have educational displays. Several BAARS members will be on hand, with their various reptiles, to talk about their animals and answer questions.

Contact::  Caroline Alexander   cello33dolly@yahoo.com.

Alum Rock Park WildLife Festival

Alum Rock Park in San Jose, CA
Sunday,  October 4, 2009   11:00am - 4:00pm
www.ysi-ca.org

This is YSI's (Youth Science Institute's)  22nd Annual Wildlife Festival.  This is a huge show, with approximately 2,500 people attending.  Many wildlife groups are invited to this event, and most will be happy to explain how they serve wildlife.  BAARS has been one of the more popular groups in the past, and will need a number of BAARS members in order to address the curiosity of the public about our reptiles & amphibians.

Contact::  Caroline Alexander   cello33dolly@yahoo.com.

Emma Prusch Farm Park Harvest Fair & Exposition

Emma Prusch Farm Park,
647 South King Road in San Jose, near the intersection of Highways 280/680 and 101.
Saturday,  October 3, 2009   10:00am - 4:00pm
http://www.pruschfarmpark.org

The Emma Prusch Farm Park, once a working dairy farm, still has a number of historic buildings and structures in the midst of fruit orchards, community gardens, lush, green lawns for picnicing, and even a small farm animal enclosure. The Harvest Fair and Expo will feature a "mini county fair" theme. Events will include a pumpkin patch, pony rides and hay rides, exhibits of local school and 4H projects, cooking demonstrations, plant sales, farm animals to pet and see, many environmental and conservation displays, and all day entertainment. BAARS members will bring some reptiles which visitors can pet and observe. BAARS has become a very popular exhibitor at this show.

Check out this fair flyer, for additional information.

Contact::  Caroline Alexander   cello33dolly@yahoo.com.

San Jose Reptile Show

Santa Clara County Fair Grounds, 344 Tully Rd. San Jose, CA
Saturday,  August 8, 2009   10:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday,  August 9, 2009   10:00am - 4:00pm
Reptile Show

There is sure to be a large variety of herps at this show - snakes, turtles, geckos, frogs - as well as carriers, enclosures and other accessories for all your reptile needs, all at discounted prices. In addition, there will be many knowledgeable prople to talk to and answer your reptile questions. BAARS will have two tables for educational purposes.

Contact::  Setiva Woodring   goBaars@yahoo.com.

Sulphur Creek Reptile Day

Sulphur Creek Nature Center, 1801 D Street, Hayward, CA
Saturday, July 25, 2009   11:00 am to 3:00 pm.
http://www.haywardrec.org/sulphur_creek.html

This year, BAARS will be hosting a reptile show at the Sulphur Creek Nature Center in Hayward, CA. BAARS members will have a variety of reptiles and amphibians on display, and will be available to talk about their animals, their handling and their special care needs. Come check out some frogs, pet a 50 pound tortoise, or experience a close encounter with a very large snake. The Sulphur Creek Nature center is a great place - it's nestled in a creek-bed, so that you get the feeling of being in the country, but it's surprisingly close to down-town Hayward.

Contact::  Pete Marshall   PMarshall@calwater.com.

Herping Hike in JD Grant County Park

Joseph D. Grant County Park
18405 Mt. Hamilton Rd., San Jose (Off of Mt. Hamilton Rd. and Alum Rock Ave.)
Sunday, May 3, 2009   2:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
JD Grant Park   -   Activity Details

Once again Tom Harrison, a long-time BAARS member who has a special interest in and extensive knowlege of native amphibians, will be leading day hikes to the vernal ponds at J. D. Grant Park. This year two hikes have been scheduled. Being a month apart, there will be a different set of animals to be seen on each hike.

These hikes will feature a visit to 2 vernal ponds to look for amphibians, including their eggs and larvae. Be prepared to walk in water, and have some nets and containers for viewing what you catch. We will also be looking under rocks on the way, for lizards and snakes.  The hike to the first vernal pond is down a hill, but only a short distance. The second pond is about an hour hike away, and involves hills.

This event will be cancelled/rescheduled if it rains since the trails get slippery when wet.

Contact::  Tom Harrison   tom_wb7vje@yahoo.com.

Jurassic Pets Extravaganza

Jurassic Pets, 925 S. Main Street, Salinas, CA
Saturday,  July 26, 2008   9:00am - 5:00pm

Jurassic Pets is a fairly new pet store in Salinas which features reptiles and amphibians and the supplies needed to provide a healthy environment for these unique animals. This store is committed to education and support for the herp enthusiast in order to help new owners as well as veteran herpers have a positive experience with their new pets and provide the best possible care for those pets. It is for this purpose that BAARS will have a table at this event.

So come check out some exciting animals - talk to a BAARS member - watch a demo - get a free product sample from ZooMed or one of the other vendors. Who knows, you might just go home with a prize.

Contact::  Tony Velez   avelstude@earthlink.net.

Pinnacles Field Herping Campout

Pinnacles Campground (At the east side entrance of the Pinacles National Monument)
Friday-Sunday,  April 18-20, 2008

BAARS is planning its annual field herping event at the Pinnacles Campground for April 18-20, 2008. We will have campsites for Saturday night, right outside the National Monument. This should be a great time of year to go to the Pinnacles, since it tends to get too hot and dry in the middle of the summer.

The campground has showers and bathrooms with hot and cold running water, a convenience store and a swimming pool, so this really can't be considered "roughing" it. We use the campsite as a base of operations, with day and night hikes where the main activity is herping (which is restricted to catch and release, of course). The Pinnacles has a lot of diverse herp fauna compared to what you see around the Bay Area, including whiptails, coastal horned lizards, and even California Legless Lizards.

Sign-up is a must for this event. Also there is a $10.00 registration fee to hold your place.
More information.

Contact::  Eric Koessel   erickoessel@yahoo.com.

Second Annual Farm Fun Fest

Westmont High School,
4805 Westmont Ave., Campbell CA.
Saturday,  Mar 1, 2008   11:00am - 4:00pm

Westmont High School, in Campbell, CA. presents a varied educational environment. It even has a Future Farmers of America (FFA) agricultural program with a farm that serves as the life science lab where students get hands-on experience raising animals like pigs and lambs, even steers. On March 1st they will be holding their Second Annual Farm Fun Fest. BAARS members will be present at this event with a variety of reptiles to show, ready to answer questions about the animals and the specialized care that they require.

River Harvest Festival

Cotton Auditorium, 500 North Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA
Saturday,  July 21, 2007   10:00am - 10:00pm
River Harvest Festival Flyer

This event will be the first annual fundraiser for the National Reptile Foundation / Reptile Show and Dance. BAARS will have a table with educational information as well as several animals to show. The event will also include music, dancing, food, a raffle and silent auction. Come join the fun and help the National Reptile Foundation get off to a good start. MISSION: To help Humans & Reptiles become intergrated into each others lives in healthy positive way for both parties ~ The Humans & The Reptiles.

Palo Alto Junior Museum

Palo Alto Junior Museum, 1451 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA
Saturday,  August 25, 2007   10:00am - 5:00pm

The Palo Alto Junior Museum has been a sponsor of BAARS for years, and we continue to maintain a close relationship with them. On Saturday, Aug 25, BAARS will have an opportunity to show its appreciation for the museum's support. A number of BAARS members will have their pets to show, and be available to answer questions and discuss the proper care and special needs of their animals. There will be snakes, large and small, various lizards, and a number of turtles and tortoises. Mr. Rob Steele, the museum's curator of animals, said that they always love having us do our live animals shows.

2006 Wildlife Conservation Expo

Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, CA
Saturday,  October 7, 2006   10:00am - 6:00pm
http://www.wildnet.org/expo2006_weekend.htm

The Wildlife Conservation Network will be holding its 2006 Wildlife Conservation Expo on October 7, 2006 at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, CA. This year's Expo will feature speakers from several wildlife conservation groups, including Dr. Laurie Marker (Cheetah Conservation Fund, Nambia), Dr. Jim Sanderson ( Small Cat Conservation Alliance), and Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton (Save the Elephants).

The Expo will also feature exhibits of local and national wildlife organizations, including the amazing wild cat ambassadors from Leopards Etc. Browse beautiful wildlife art and gifts. BAARS will be presenting live animals at the Expo.

For more information, a list of exhibitors and a schedule of speakers, please visit the Wildlife Conservation Network website.

Happy Hollow Park and Zoo Educational Reptile Show

Happy Hollow Park in San Jose, CA
Saturday September 16, 2006,   11:00 am to 3:00 pm.

This has been a fun venue which we've done since April, 2001. Happy Hollow is an accredited Zoological institution with a lot of cool animals. Luckily, they have both a park side and a zoo side, which eliminates some quarantine issues. BAARS educational shows are held on the Park side, so go to the left at the main entrance, then follow the sidewalk down to the right.
This is a great show to participate in if you don't know what to expect or are new to educating the public about your animals. It is always a fun show, with steady, enthusiastic crowds of both adults and kids.

Contact::  Caroline Alexander   cello33dolly@yahoo.com.

California's Native Herps

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
1751 Grand Boulevard (off of Zanker Road in Alviso)
Saturday April 2, 2005, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

The Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (DESFBNWR) spans 23,000 acres of open bay, salt pond, salt marsh, mudflat, upland and vernal pool habitats located throughout south San Francisco Bay. While the refuge is primarily known as a critical habitat for migrating and resident birds, some 30 reptile species, and 14 amphibian species also call it home, including the San Francisco garter snake.

The San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society will be hosting an event at the Environmental Education Center(EEC) of the DESFBNWR, located at 1751 Grand Boulevard, off of Zanker Road in Alviso:

10 - 11am	Hike around EEC led by BAARS
11am - 2pm	Animals on display inside EEC
12:30-1:30pm	BAARS Presentation in the EES auditorium: "California Native Amphibians and Reptiles"

For more information about DESFBNWR, including driving directions, visit their page on the Fish and Game's website at http://desfbay.fws.gov/. For a view of the habitat and information on trails around the Education Center, check out http://www.bahiker.com/eastbayhikes/dewf.html on the Bay Area Hiker website.