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Dr. Kerry Kriger - 2009 Speaking Tour
In an effort to raise awareness of the plight of amphibians, SAVE THE FROGS! Founder, Executive Director & Ecologist Dr. Kerry M. Kriger will be lecturing on the amphibian extinction crisis throughout North America this year. If your class or group would like to schedule a talk, please visit this page.
Lecture Description
'The Amphibian Extinction Crisis'
Frog populations worldwide have been declining at unprecedented rates, and nearly one-third of the world's 6,490 amphibian species are threatened with extinction. Amphibians are faced with an onslaught of environmental problems, including pollution, infectious diseases, habitat loss, invasive species, climate change, and over-harvesting for the pet and food trades. In this PowerPoint presentation, Dr. Kriger will discuss these threats and explain how they affect various groups of amphibians. He will also discuss the necessary actions that must occur in order to prevent further amphibian declines and extinctions. The presentation features many of his photos of amphibians from around the world, and there will be a question and answer session following the talk.
April 4th: Andover, MA
Phillips Academy
10am
April 5th: Boston, MA
Museum of Science
11:00-1130am (free & open to the public)
April 5th Weymouth, MA
New England Wildlife Center
2-3pm
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Free
& open to the public
April 6th: Washington, DC
National Geographic Society
7:30pm (ticketed event, open to the public)
April 8th: Annandale, VA
Northern Virginia Community College
430pm
April 19th: Vancouver, WA
Water Resources Education Center
4pm-5pm
Free & open to the public
April 22nd Portland, OR
Northwest Environmental Defense Center
Lewis & Clark Law School
Free & open to the public
12pm-1pm
April 22nd: Portland, OR
Portland Audubon Society
Heron Hall, 5:30pm
Free & open to the public
April 28th: Charlottesville, VA
Ivy Creek Natural Area - Education Building
Free & open to the public
April 30th: Ruckersville, VA
630pm (free & open to the public)
Cub Scout Pack 174
May 11th: Bristow, VA
Linton Hall School - 7th Grade Ecology Class
Free for enrolled students.
May 12th, Washington, DC
12pm
Defenders of Wildlife Headquarters
(by invitation only)
June 6th: Fort Valley, VA
10am; free & open to the public
Fort Valley Community Center and Library
6190 Woodstock Tower Road
Fort Valley, VA 22652
540-933-6714
Spread the word: Print this flyer.
From Rt. 675, take Rt. 678 (Fort Valley Road) north to Detrick. At the Post Office in Detrick, turn left onto Woodstock Tower Rd. The Community Center is 0.25 miles on the left. From Rt. 55, take Rt. 678 south and turn right onto Woodstock Tower Rd. The Community Center is 0.5 miles on the left.
June 23rd: Seattle, WA
Grist.org Headquarters
By invitation Only
June 23rd: Seattle, WA
Town Hall Seattle ; 7:30pm
Seattle Science Lectures Series
1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca Street)
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone (206) 652-4255
Tickets: $5
Get directions here.
Spread the word:
print this flyer.
June 24th: Everett, WA
Northwest Stream Center; 7pm
600-128th Street SE
Everett, WA 98208-6353
Tel: 425-316-8592
Talk hosted by the Adopt-A-Stream Foundation
$5 AASF members/$7 non-members
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June 25th: Kent, WA
12pm
REI Headquarters
(by invitation only)
June 25th: Seattle, WA
Discovery Park -
Environmental Learning Center
7pm; Free & open to the public
3801 W Government Way; Seattle, WA 98199
Directions are here.
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June 27th: Bellevue, WA
Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center
7pm; $5 at the door
1625 118th Ave SE
Bellevue, WA 98005
(425) 452-2565
Directions are here.
Spread the word: Print this flyer
July 2: Qualicum Beach, BC, Canada
Qualicum Beach Civic Center
7pm; Free & open to the public
Qualicum Beach, BC
Canada V9K 1S7
Event hosted by the Western Canada Wilderness Committee.
Spread the word: Print this flyer
July 4: Langley, BC, Canada
Date changed to August!
July 12th: Yellowstone National Park, WY
Mammoth Hotel
7pm; Free & open to the public
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July 13th: Gardiner, MT
Yellowstone Association Education Center
7pm; Free & open to the public
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July 14th: Yellowstone National Park, WY
Old Faithful Inn
7pm; Free & open to the public
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July 17: Boulder, CO
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
3pm; Free & open to the public
Hosted by the Boulder Country Nature Association
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July 19: Denver, CO
The Wildlife Experience
11am in the Great Hall
Open to all museum visitors and staff
10035 South Peoria
Parker, CO 80134
720.488.3300
Spread the word: Print this flyer
July 19: Denver, CO
University of Colorado, Denver
6pm in The King Center
Free & open to the public
Talk hosted by the Colorado Herpetological Society
Spread the word: Print this flyer
August 11: Vancouver, BC
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Details to be announced soon
November 7th & 8th: Dallas, TX
Museum of Nature & Science
Times to be announced.
3535 Grand Avenue & 1318 South 2nd Avenue in Fair Park
More dates to be announced soon
Many more dates to be announced shortly, including lectures in Colorado, California, Washington state and British Columbia. Please sign up for the mailing list so that you stay up to date!
Let's keep the lectures free!
These free public lectures are only possible with your financial support. Please consider donating to SAVE THE FROGS! or ordering some SAVE THE FROGS! wristbands, bumper stickers, frog posters or t-shirts so that we can continue to get the word out to as wide an audience as possible. Thanks!
Want to help spread the word?
Each date listed above has a link to a localized version of the flyer shown below. Please post them around town if a lecture is coming to your area.
Late October 2009 - Panama City, Panama
SAVE THE FROGS! Executive Director Dr. Kerry Kriger will be giving a course at the Smithsonian Tropical Research institute entitled "Capacitación y aplicación de la técnica molecular de PCR en tiempo real para el estudio de epidemias en anfibios" (Instruction and application of real-time PCR molecular techniques for the study of amphibian epidemics).
Save The Frogs Day - April 30th, 2010
In an effort to raise awareness of the plight of amphibians, the scientific community has declared April 30th, 2010 'Save The Frogs Day'. On this day we encourage the appreciation and celebration of amphibians by people from all walks of life.
Have a look at some of the events that took place on Save The Frogs Day 2009, which was legally recognized by the Governor of Virginia, the Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia and the Chairman of Prince William County, Virginia.
SAVE THE FROGS! 1st Annual Frog Art Contest
Interested in submitting your coolest frog art to our upcoming Frog Art contest? Want to win some prizes, and help spread the word about the amphibian extinction crisis? Please enter the SAVE THE FROGS! 1st Annual Frog Art Contest. Then tell your artist friends and your school's art teachers.
The general idea of the contest is that we want cool artwork that has frogs and says SAVE THE FROGS! and/or savethefrogs.com somewhere on it. We will advertise this contest widely throughout school systems worldwide, and on relevant art websites. The contest will help raise awareness for our cause, and the artwork will be used on shirts, posters, pins, etc. to raise money for SAVE THE FROGS!.
SAVE THE FROGS! 1st Annual Frog Poetry Contest
Interested in submitting your coolest frog poetry to our upcoming Frog Poetry contest? Want to win some prizes, and help spread the word about the amphibian extinction crisis? Please enter the SAVE THE FROGS! 1st Annual Frog Poetry Contest. Then tell your poet friends and your school's English teachers.
The general idea of the contest is that we want cool poems about frogs. We will advertise this contest widely throughout school systems worldwide, and on relevant poetry websites. The contest will help raise awareness for our cause, and the poems in a book of frog poetry to raise money for SAVE THE FROGS!.
1st Annual SAVE THE FROGS! Video Contest
Do you have a webcam or high-tech video equipment? Want to win some prizes and help spread the word about the amphibian extinction crisis? Please enter the 1st Annual SAVE THE FROGS! Video Contest.
Help us inundate YouTube with videos about frogs and why they're worth saving. Remember that our goal is to have the amphibian extinction crisis be common knowledge by the 2nd Annual Save The Frogs Day, April 30th, 2010! Help make it happen!
Past Events
August 17-23, 2008 - Manaus, Brazil
SAVE THE FROGS! Executive Director Dr. Kerry Kriger, Board Member Dr. Jean-Marc Hero, and Advisory Committee Member Dr. Erin Muths spoke at the 6th World Congress of Herpetology (6WCH).
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