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International, National and Local Events

California Turtle & Tortoise Club
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Upcoming Meetings

April 11, 2009
July 11, 2009
October 17, 2009

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Chapter Meetings

CEN-VAL First Thursday of the month, 7:00 pm at Del Mar Elementary School, 4122 N. Del Mar, Fresno.

CHINO Third Friday of every month, 7:30 pm at Chino Community Building, 5443 B Street, Chino.

FOOTHILL Fourth Friday of the month, 7:30 pm at Los Angeles County Arboretum, 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia.

HIGH DESERT Second Monday of the month, 7:00 pm at Sterling Inn Regency Room, 17738 Francesca Road, Apple Valley.

INLAND EMPIRE First Friday of the month, 7:30 pm at San Bernardino County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands.

KERN COUNTY Third Tuesday of the month, 7:00 pm at Rasmussen Senior Center, 115 E. Roberts Lane, Bakersfield.

LOW DESERT First Monday of every even month, 7:00 pm at The Living Desert, 47-900 Portola, Palm Desert.

ORANGE COUNTY Second Friday of the month, 7:30 pm at Chapman University, Science Center Room 127, 346 Center Street, Orange.

SANTA BARBARA-VENTURA Second Thursday of the month, 7:30 pm. Contact the Chapter for location.

SILICON VALLEY First Monday of the month, 7:00 pm at Baldwin Elementary School, 280 Martinvale Lane, San Jose.

TOOSLO Second Wednesday of the month, 7:00 pm at P. G. & E. Community Center, Ontario Road, San Luis Obispo.

TURTLE & TORTOISE CARE SOCIETY Third Friday of the month, 7.30 pm at University Baptist Church, 3434 Chatwin, Long Beach.

VALLEY Third Friday of the month, 7:30 pm at Woodland Hills Christian Church, 5920 Shoup Ave, Woodland Hills.

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CTTC VALLEY CHAPTER ANNUAL SHOW
Saturday, May 16, 2009

California Turtle and Tortoise Club Valley Chapter will hold its Annual Turtle and Tortoise Show on Saturday, May 16, 2009, 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, at Woodland Hills Christian Church, 5920 Shoup Ave, Woodland Hills.

Visit the CTTC Valley Chapter pages for more information.
 

CTTC TTCS CHAPTER LONG BEACH ANNUAL EXPO
Sunday, May 17, 2009

California Turtle and Tortoise Club, Long Beach Turtle and Tortoise Care Society Chapter will hold their Annual Turtle and Tortoise Expo on Sunday, May 17, 2009, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, at Cypress Community Center, 5700 Orange Avenue , Cypress, CA 90630.

Visit the CTTC TTCS Chapter pages for more information.
 

ENDANGERED TORTOISE TALK AT THE LOS ANGELES ZOO
June 6, 2009

The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens' It's Our Nature lecture series presents “The Last Tortoise: Why Tortoises May Become 21st Century Victims of Extinction” by Dr. Craig Stanford (Professor, Department of Anthropology and Biological Sciences, University of Southern California) on Saturday, June 6, at 10 AM. The talk will take place at the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Witherbee Auditorium; 5333 Zoo Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90027-1498. $10 general public (plus Zoo ticket); free to L.A. Zoo members. See attached flyer for more information.  Please contact Betty Dunbar to reserve seats: betty@the-dunbars.com : 310-379-3022.
 

NATURAL HISTORY AND CONSERVATION OF FLORIDA TURTLES
17th ANNUAL WORKSHOP
June 8-11, 2009

The Natural History and Conservation of Florida Turtles 17th Annual Summer Workshop for Formal and Non-formal Educators will be held June 8-11, 2009 at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve (St. Petersburg, Florida)

Join other educators from throughout Florida to: canoe and snorkel on spring-fed rivers; watch marine turtles nesting on a central Florida beach; explore an endangered longleaf pine ecosystem; and, examine gopher tortoise burrows with a burrow camera.

Visit the Heinrich Ecological Services Natural History page for more information.

 

CTTC FOOTHILL CHAPTER TRIP TO VIEW HAWAIIAN GREEN SEA TURTLES
June 21-26, 2009

CTTC's Foothill Chapter is organizing a group trip to Hawaii to visit Laniakea, Oahu June 21-26, 2009.  For more information visit the Foothill Chapter Special Events page.


SEVENTH ANNUAL TURTLE SURVIVAL ALLIANCE SYMPOSIUM
August 5 - 8, 2009
St Louis, Missouri

The Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) is pleased to announce its 7th annual Symposium, generously hosted by the renowned St Louis Zoo. This event is the largest gathering of non-marine chelonian biologists and captive breeding specialists in the world. We understand that these are tough economic times and are making an effort to keep costs to a minimum. This meeting will be an extraordinary value, with an icebreaker, zoo tour, awards banquet, BBQ and auction, and breakfasts included in the cost of registration.

For more information visit http://www.turtlesurvival.org/
 

CTTC INLAND EMPIRE CHAPTER ANNUAL SHOW
Saturday, August 15, 2009

California Turtle and Tortoise Club, Inland Empire Chapter will hold their Annual Turtle and Tortoise Show on Saturday, August 15, 2009, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at Redlands Senior Citizen Center, 111W. Lugonia Ave, Redlands, CA.

Visit the CTTC Inland Empire Chapter webpage for more information.


GAFFNEY CHELONIAN FOSSIL SYMPOSIUM
Alberta, Canada
17-19 October, 2009

A symposium on fossil turtles in honor of Gene Gaffney will be held at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, on 17-18 October 2009. This symposium is a follow-up to the turtle symposium held at the Zoological Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2003, and will be a unique opportunity to share information with researchers from around the world about the evolution, paleobiology, and paleoecology of turtles. The two-day event will feature keynote and other invited speakers, technical oral and poster presentations, social events, and a post-conference field trip (on 19 October) to explore the richly fossiliferous Upper Cretaceous formations of southern Alberta. Opportunities for studying collections held at the Royal Tyrrell Museum may be arranged with advance notice. A Festschrift volume, to be published as a Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, will accompany the symposium.

For further information, go to:

http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/events/turtlesymp09.php

 

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