Hellbender
Meetings
2007 Hellbender Symposium
This year's symposium is being
organized by Joe Greathouse and will take place at the Oglebay Resort in
Wheeling, West Virginia, June 10th - 13th. Please visit http://www.oglebay-resort.com/goodzoo/2007%20Hellbender.pdf
for information regarding this meeting. Mark your calendars!
2005
Co-organizers: Stan Trauth, Ben
Wheeler, and Waylon Hiler - Arkansas State University
The 2nd Hellbender Symposium
was held June 19-22, 2005 at Gaston's White River Resort in Lakeview,
Arkansas.
Once again, there was a good turnout
of researchers and people interested in conservation of North America's
giant salamanders at this year's Hellbender Symposium. Around 70 people
attended from various parts of the United States, and one person (Sumio
Okada) flew in from Japan.
Hellbender Group: Gaston's White River Resort,
Arkansas 2005
Hellbender Group: SCUBA folks 2005
Hellbender Group: Snorkeling folks 2005
2003
Co-organizers: Jeff Humphries,
Clemson University and John Jensen, Georgia DNR
The 1st Hellbender Symposium
was held July 24-26, 2003 at Unicoi State Park in Helen, Georgia. Over 70
people from universities, state and federal agencies, and zoos and
aquariums attended the meeting. This meeting was the first of its kind to
address declining hellbender populations on a national level.
Click HERE for abstracts of talks presented at the Symposium.
Abstracts are in PDF format.
Hellbender Group: Helen, GA 2003
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