Lower Lake >> On March 17, Redbud Audubon will welcome wildlife biologist Mike Cardwell, M.S., a nationally recognized expert on venomous animals and the injuries they produce.
He served on the panel of subject matter experts who revised treatment guidelines for North American pitviper bites in 2015, co-authored the chapter on North American venomous reptile bites for the seventh edition of “Auerbach’s Wilderness Medicine” (in press), and is co-editor of “The Biology of Rattlesnakes,” a 600-page compilation of the work of 98 researchers (2008; Loma Linda University Press).
Cardwell has been invited to speak at multiple annual meetings of organizations like the Wilderness Medical Society and the National Association for Search & Rescue. He has authored numerous articles for both scientific and non-technical publications and his long-term radiotelemetry field study of Mohave rattlesnakes was the first for this notorious species and was prominently featured in Animal Planet’s “Venom ER” television series.
This should be a fascinating program and of great interest to residents of Lake County, where rattlesnakes are quite at home.
The meeting will take place at the Lower Lake Methodist Church Social Hall, located at 16255 Second St. The program is free and open to the public on March 17, with refreshments at 7 p.m. and program at 7:15 p.m.
