INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM AND WORKSHOP ON THE CONSERVATION OF THE EASTERN MASSASAUGA RATTLESNAKE

Sistrurus catenatus catenatus

CONTENTS

Front Cover and Cataloguing Information

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

FORWARD

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Viper Conservation in Europe

Keith Corbett

HISTORICAL DISTRIBUTION

After an Ice Age: Zoogeography of the Massasauga

Within a Canadian Herpetofaunal Perspective

Francis R. Cook

Distribution and Status of the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake

Sistrurus catenatus catenatus (Rafinesque, 1818) in the United States

and Canada

Ellin Beltz

CURRENT RANGE

Historic and Current Distribution and Status of the Eastern Massasauga

(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus) in Ontario, Canada

Wayne F. Weller and Michael J. Oldham

A Remnant Population of Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes

at Ojibway Prairie, Windsor, Ontario

Paul D. Pratt, Karen Cedar, and Jo Barten

The Massasauga Rattlesnake, Sistrurus catenatus, in Wainfleet Bog

John Middleton

GIS Analysis of Habitat Use by Massasauga Rattlesnakes

in Bruce Peninsula National Park

Brian Hutchinson, Caroline Duchesne and Henry Schryver

The Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake in New York: Occurrence

and Habitat Management

Glenn Johnson and Alvin R. Breisch

The Massasauga Rattlesnake in Pennsylvania: Continuing Habitat

Loss and Population Isolation

Howard K. Reinert and Lauretta M. Bushar

The Management of a 4.04 Hectare Field for the Massasauga Rattlesnake,

Sistrurus catenatus catenatus at Cedar Bog, Champaign County, Ohio

Terry Jaworski

Current Status of Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes in Michigan

Theresa Moran

Habitat Utilization and Status of the Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake,

Sistrurus catenatus catenatus, in the Chicago Region

Kenneth S. Mierzwa

Massasaugas in Lake County, Illinois: The Ryerson Population

Thomas G. Anton

Massasauga rattlesnake Conservation in Missouri

Tom R. Johnson and Dennis E. Figg

Massasauga Rattlesnake Records Collected by the

Wisconsin Herpetological Atlas Project, 1986-1991

Gary S. Casper

EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION

Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake Conservation Program

at the Metro Toronto Zoo

Bob Johnson

Snakes: A Learning Experience

Tom Mantil

Georgian Bay Islands National Park’s Public Safety Plan

Michel Villeneuve

Defensive Behaviour of the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake

Kerstin Hedgecock

WORKSHOP: Establishing a Recovery Network:

Common Research and Conservation Objectives.

Summary Report of Management Concerns and Guidelines for the

Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)

Robert Hay

Establishing a Recovery Network: Common Research

and Conservation Objectives

FIELD TRIP

SYMPOSIUM PARTICIPANTS AND CONTRIBUTORS

TO PROCEEDINGS

Group Photo

Symposium Participants

ADDENDUM

The Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)

in Indiana: A Preliminary Historical Survey

Alan Resetar

Inside Back Cover