Page 2 - Black Range Naturalist, Vol. 2, No. 2

CONTRIBUTORS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS (Unattributed articles are by the editor)
4 - A Day in My Life - Struck by a Rattlesnake - Cindy Yarmal
During the summer of 2018, Cindy Yarmal was struck by a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake while working at her organic produce farm in the Animas Creek drainage. The Animas Creek Honey & Herb Farm is normally a tranquil place, but on that morning she experienced something we all hope not to. Here she recounts the event and its aftermath.
5 & 6 - Rattlesnake Venom, Cost of a Snakebite, Neurotoxic Venom 7 - Coati Encounters - Catherine Wanek
During the summer of 2018 the Black Range Lodge hosted its usual array of guests and a family of White-nosed Coatis. In “Coati Encounters”, Catherine Wanek, who owns and operates the lodge, describes a summer of experience with these rare creatures from the south.
10 - White-nosed Coati Range Expansion? - Bob Barnes

In “White-nosed Coati Range Expansion?”, Bob Barnes summarizes other Coati sightings in the Black Range during 2018 and discusses some of that species’ natural history. Barnes is the editor of this magazine and maintains two websites: The Black Range (www.blackrange3.org), which is dedicated to the cultural and natural history of the Black Range, and www.birdtrips.org, which recounts his birding trips during a lifetime of photography and videography.
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12 - Carl Woese - Lloyd Barr
In “Carl Woese”, Lloyd Barr reminisces about his colleague at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Dr. Carl Woese. Woese, according to most learned people in the field, should have received the Nobel Prize for his discovery that the Archaea are a basic life grouping, one of the three domains of life. Dr. Barr is a retired professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology at Urbana-Champaign. Most recently he has conducted research on pit vipers, with a particular emphasis on physiology. He lives south of Hillsboro, New Mexico.
14 - The Work of Kaiya Smith and Others
In “Northern Cardinal Update”, the editor describes new research addressing geographic filters in the evolution of new species and subspecies.
15 - 2018 Southern New Mexico Hummingbird Location Summary - Ned and Gigi Batchelder
In this article the Batchelders summarize their 2018 Hummingbird banding season in Southern New Mexico. Ned and Gigi Batchelder are a husband and wife team, federally permitted and state licensed hummingbird banders. They have relocated to Las Cruces, New Mexico, to continue their studies, which have been conducted in nine western states since 2001. They are self- funded and are volunteer, independent hummingbird researchers for USGS.
17 - Extracts from “Wildfire Impacts on Species of Concern” - Daniela Roth
“Extracts from ‘Wildlife Impacts on Species of Concern...’” contains information from Roth’s report and supporting correspondence relating to two species of concern in the Black Range. Daniela Roth is the Endangered Plant Program Coordinator for the EMNRD - Forestry Division.