Daniel Keyler, adjunct professor of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Minnesota, will be giving a presentation on the Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) in the new Stockholm Pie Opera Hall event center this March. The Timber Rattlesnake is the largest pit viper in the northern United States and the prominent venomous snake species indigenous to the bluff land habitats of the Upper Mississippi River Valley (UMRV). Biology and natural history research studies of this species in the UMRV ecosystem have been crucial for the development of conservation strategies to ensure habitat protection and the species’ long-term survival in the region. Recent studies in southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin along the Mississippi River have resulted in implementing improved conservation measures.

Keyler has spent a lifetime studying herpetology and the toxicology of venoms while being involved in the development and completion of a national conservation action plan for the Timber Rattlesnake. Now retired from the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology at Hennepin County Medical Center, Keyler has co-authored three books and continues to spend as much time out in the field as possible.

• Location: Stockholm Pie & General Store in Stockholm, WI

• Cost: Free to attend; no registration required