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Welcome
to the North Carolina Herpetological
Society's web page.
THE
NORTH CAROLINA HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Announces
FALL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS
The
NCHS Fall Meeting will be held on Saturday-Sunday, 4-5 November 2006,
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
NCSU Centennial Campus, 1751 Varsity Drive,
Raleigh, NC
Theme: "Urban Herpetology"
OUR PURPOSE
To work to perpetuate the conservation of amphibians and
reptiles through education and dissemination of scientific information through
the facilities of the Society.
To
encourage conservation of the wildlife in general, and of amphibians and
reptiles in particular.
To
promote research in herpetology by sharing information among members and through
cooperation with amateur and professional herpetologists.
To
educate the public and members, and to exchange information and resources with
other herpetological societies by means of a newsletter and specific activities
such as field trips and lectures.
HISTORY
The North Carolina Herpetological Society was founded in 1978 by a
small group of individuals with a mutual interest in North Carolina
herpetology. Ray Ashton, then Director of Education at the
North Carolina State Museum of Natural History (now North Carolina
State Museum of Natural Sciences), is generally credited with being
the Society's "founding father." The first North
Carolina Herpetological Conference was held on 13 May 1978.
The meeting was organized by Ray Ashton and Alvin Braswell, and was
attended by 126 persons. A steering committee was appointed,
with Dave Stephan elected chair. The first issue of NC
Herps appeared on 1 August
1978. The NCHS Constitution was drawn up in late September and
the first general meeting of the newly established North Carolina
Herpetological Society was held on 11 November. The Constitution
and Bylaws were approved by the
membership at that meeting, and a membership charter was
established. The first officers were elected in January 1979.
The eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina) was voted the
official North Carolina state reptile by the state legislature that
year (thanks in part to Dave Stephan and NCHS), and a box turtle
design by Mike Wood appeared as the unofficial logo on the first
NCHS T-shirts in early 1980. The current NCHS logo was
modified from that original design and was accepted as the official
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