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EMPLOYMENT
CHRONOLOGY
- Ventanas en Corcovado Research and Education
Center, 1 April 2006 - Present
- Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute, 18 March,
1986 – 19 March 2006
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum,
19 January 1970 to 12 May 1986:
- Assistant Curator, Small
Animal Department 1/79 - 5/86 with additional duties of Weekend
Supervisor of entire Museum (1/79-12/79) and Acting Curator
(9/80-4/81).
- Acting Curator, Small
Animal Department, 7/78-12/78 (Curator returned)
- Head keeper, Small Animal
Department, 1/75-7/78
- Keeper, Small Animal
Department, 5/70-1/75
- Keeper, Birds and Mammals
Department, 3/70-5/70
- Laborer, River Pool
Exhibit, 1/70-3/70
EXHIBIT, INTERPRETATION and FACILITY EXPERIENCE
- Insect Husbandry Training Program for Costa
Rican Butterfly Farmers, a collaborative project with Smithsonian
Insect Zoo. January – December 2003. Named by MINAE
as biologo regente for project. Established continuous
cultures of three katydids, one millipede. Results and plans
for Ventanas en Corcovado presented at international conference,
Expanding the Ark: the emerging science and practice of Invertebrate
Conservation. New York 25-26 March 2004
- The Best of SASIonline.org, November
2001. A CD-ROM of SASI’s website for members and SASI
promotion.
- Insect Rearing in Costa Rica, sabbatical
March-June 2001.
- Journal
from Costa Rica featuring more than 1000 digital images was
developed in real time for SASI's website. A poster exhibit was
presented at the IICC-2001. Four presentations and follow up
work resulted.
- Sensitive Insect Species Training Project;
Coronado National Forest. Deliverables included 12 training manuals
and day-long sessions in the classroom and in the field. September
2000 - August 2001
- Antics - A
Living Art Installation showing at the Tucson/Pima Arts Council
28 January - March 4, 2000. Continuing development included a
Paper Presentation, partial installation at 2000 Invertebrates in
Captivity Conference, 2-6 August 2000. Antics was
exhibited at the Butterfly Pavilion and Insect Center (Colorado) in
Spring 2002.
- Butterflies
of Coronado National Memorial, a 2-year survey. Deliverables
included two notebooks with a page of text and color photo for each
of 100 species. Digitized photos were also provided to NPS on CD-ROM.
The entire project was later developed into a section of SASI's
website.
- Design, new construction, major renovations and
maintenance of SASI research station/education center in Tucson
Mountain Park, 1988 – 2004.
- Design, construction and
maintenance of SASI's Demonstration Butterfly Gardens, 1996
(coinciding with publication of Desert Butterfly Gardening) -
2004.
- Content, construction and maintenance of SASI'
website, 1995 - present.
- Consultant, The Larson Company, 1997-8, Rawhide
Steakhouse Nocturnal Exhibit
- Consultant, The Larson Company, 1995-6, Tulsa
Zoo Rainforest Exhibit
- Consultant, Audubon Park Zoo Insectarium,
1994
- Consultant, Phoenix Zoo, 1993, leaf-cutter ant
exhibit
- Consultant, Quebec Museum of Civilization,
1992, leaf-cutter ant exhibit
- Consultant, Biosphere II Insectary, 1991
- Designed and produced numerous itinerant
tabletop exhibits for special events such as Earth Day 1990,
Endangered Species Fair, etc., 1987 to present.
- Designed and produced exhibits and labels for Ants, Bees and Fun Things To See, SASI, 1987. This exhibit was
renamed SASI Insect Zoo after some modification and was open
to the public from November 1988 - December 1989.
- Directed layout and installation of Incredible Insects, a traveling exhibit on loan from the
Oakland Museum, SASI, 1987.
- Designed and produced traveling Venomous
Arthropods exhibit, SASI, 1987.
- Designed and fabricated Sonoran Lepidoptera
Survey exhibit, SASI, 1986.
At Arizona Sonora Desert
Museum
- Designed and wrote labels for major Arthropod
Exhibit, ASDM, 1984 (proposed)
- Designed, provided photos, wrote labels and
produced Common Insect Orders Exhibit, ASDM 1981.
- Developed Small Animal Department section of
ASDM Master Plan, 1980.
- Designed, supervised construction, wrote labels
and provided photos for Butterfly Exhibit, ASDM, 1980.
- Initiated breeding program, designed,
supervised construction, wrote labels for Montane Rattlesnake
Exhibit, ASDM, 1980.
- Served as an intern at Cincinnati Zoo's Insect
World, 10/15-11/15/79
- Initiated Desert pupfish research and breeding
program, ASDM, 1979.
- Designed, supervised renovation of Lizard
Enclosure at entrance, ASDM, 1979.
- Designed and supervised renovation of Tortoise
Enclosure, ASDM, 1979.
- Design and construction of Small Reptile
Exhibits, ASDM, 1975 and 1982.
- Design, construction supervision and labels of
Scorpion Exhibit ASDM, 1977.
- Design, construction, and labels of 21
enclosure Insect and Arachnid Exhibit, ASDM, 1973.
PUBLICATIONS
- Publisher, 1993 - 2005, Invertebrates in
Captivity Conference Proceedings.
- Journal from Costa Rica. 22 Entries with more
than 1000 images, published in real time on SASI's web site.
- A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert;
Scorpions. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2000.
- National Audubon Society's Field Guide to the
Southwestern States. Chanticleer Press, 1999. Edited Arthropod
section, wrote species accounts and provided photos.
- Editor and Publisher, 1986 - 1999, Backyard
BUGwatching (magazine), Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute. Publication discontinued in favor of internet offerings
- Editor, Writer and Publisher; 1987 – 2006 the instar (newsletter), Sonoran Arthropod Studies
Institute
- Editor, 1996, Desert Butterfly Gardening,
Copyright © 1996 Arizona Native Plant Society and Sonoran
Arthropod Studies Institute
- Editor and Publisher, 1991, Butterflies of
Southeastern Arizona, Copyright © 1991 Sonoran Arthropod Studies
Inc.
- Prchal, Steve. The Husbandry of Desert
Arthropods. Proceedings of the 1996 AAZV Annual Conference
Proceedings.
- Prchal, S. and Roche, R. What to do with a
Fresh-bred Queen. Backyard BUGwatching #16, Sonoran Arthropod Studies
Institute, 1995.
- Prchal, S. and Roche, R. Successful Methods for
Starting Ant Colonies. AAZPA Annual Conference Proceedings.
- Prchal, Steve. Sonoran Arthropod Studies, Inc.
- A New Concept in Environmental Education, International Zoo
Yearbook, Volume 30, ppg. 40-45.
- Prchal, Steve. Sonoran Desert's Toxic Arachnids
(2 parts, translated in Spanish), Sonoran Journal, Spring 1992, pg
14; Summer 1992, pg. 14.
- Investigating Arthropods with DiscoveryScope,
Copyright © 1992 Sonoran Arthropod Studies.
- Buchmann, S.L., C.W. Shipman and S.J. Prchal.
1991. Phenology of Pollen Storage Within Honey Bee Colonies Living in
the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. Proc. Amer. Bee Research Conf.,
Tucson, AZ., Oct., 1991. Amer. Bee Journal 131(12):772.
- Bardwell, J. and Prchal, S. Arthropod
Discovery; Environmental Education in the Sonoran Desert. Proceedings
of the 1991 NAI National Interpreter's Workshop
- Prchal, Steve. The Husbandry of Desert
Arthropods. AAZPA 1991 Annual Conference Proceedings. pg.
329-34.
- Prchal, Steve. 1981-1983, monthly, Backyard
Bugwatching, Bear Essential News for Kids, Tucson, AZ.
- Lawler, H., and Steve Prchal. 1981. Small
animal exhibits at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: past, present,
and future. AAZPA 1981 Annual Conference Proceeding.
- pp.199-203.
- Shively, James, Glen Songer, Steve Prchal,
Merritt Keasey, Charles Thoen. 1981. Mycobacterium marinum, Infection
in Bufonidae. Journal of Wildlife Disease, 17(1): 3-8.
- Prchal, Steve. 1979. Moths and butterflies.
sonorensis, 2(1): 4-13.
- Prchal, Steve. 1978. Animals in caves.
sonorensis,1(2): 8.
- Prchal, Steve. 1978. Why do you run, little
Miss Muffet?. sonorensis, 1(1): 2-3.
- Prchal, Steve. 1977. In the dead of winter.
ASDM Newsletter, 20: 10-11.
GRANTS AND
CONTRACTS
- Parkside Foundation, 2003. Initial
funding for Ventanas en Corcovado. $5000. Additional funding in
2004 , $7500.
- Smithsonian Insect Zoo, 2003. Insect
Husbandry Training Program for Costa Rican Butterfly Farmers.
$37,000.
- Coronado National Forest, USFWS, 2000,
Sensitive Insect Species Training Project; Coronado National
Forest. $7,000.
- National Park Service, 1996, Butterflies of
Coronado National Memorial. $10,000
- Phoenix Zoo, 1996, Interrelationships Outreach
Kits. $4000
- Arizona State Parks Heritage Fund, July 1995 -
June 1997, Native Environments Workshop Series. $9808; SASI
members provided 50% matching funds in restricted
contributions.
- Environmental Protection Agency/National
Consortium for Environmental Education Training, July1991 - June
1995. $75,000 with SASI matching funds (indirect costs).
- World Wildlife Fund, 1994, Insect module for
The Saguaro and the City CD-ROM (University of Arizona).
$7000
- Robidoux Foundation, 1994, All expenses for
four color brochure
- Tucson Audubon Society, 1993, Adventures in
Bugland, later re-titled Arthropodantics. $2650
- Phillips Petroleum Company, 1993, Educational
equipment. $5000
- Center for Insect Science, 1990, Backyard
BUGwatching Special Issue #1. $1000
- Tucson Community Foundation, 1988, Venomous
Arthropods brochure. $800
AWARDS and
RECOGNITION
- 1997 Award for Outstanding Contributions to
Entomology through Education, The Lorquin Entomological Society
- Coloradia prchali, a new species of silk
moth named in honor of its discoverer
- 1991 Nature Educator of the Year, Roger Tory
Peterson Institute
- 1990-91 Distinguished Community Service Award,
Arizona Science Teachers' Association
- Honorary Life Member, Lepidoptera Research
Foundation
- 1990 Earth Day Steering Committee Award
- 1989 Tucson Weekly's Best of Tucson Award, Best
Museum; Staff Pick
CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS and
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
- Invertebrates in Captivity Conference, 1993 -
2005. Conference Host and Organizer
- Facilitate, organize and/or conduct SASI
teacher trainings, community outreach, membership programs, and
workshops, 1986 - present.
- The Lepidopterists Society 42nd Annual Meeting,
1991. Meeting Host and Organizer
- Techniques for Teaching a Classroom Unit on
Arthropods, Pima Community College and TUSD, 1991. Instructor.
- SASI Arthropod Ecology Workshops for Educators,
1988, 1989, 1990. Coordinator, instructor
- Going Buggy, TUSD In-service Training, 1987.
Instructor
RECENT PHOTO
PUBLICATIONS
- National Audubon Society's Field Guide to the
Southwestern States. Chanticleer Press, 1999. Photos on pages 195c,
197b,c & d, 198b, 199a & d, 204a, 208c & e, 209d, 212b,
213a, d & e, 214b, 217d, 219a, 233c & d, 235 c & d.
- Butterfly Gardening - Creating Summer Magic in
your Garden, revised edition. The Xerces Society and the Smithsonian
Institution, 1998. Photos on pages 4, 52, 62.
- Desert Butterfly Gardening, Sonoran Arthropod
Studies Institute & Arizona Native Plant Society, 1996. Numerous
photos, editor.
- Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona, Sonoran
Arthropod Studies, Inc. 1991. Cover photo.
- The Butterfly Book, an easy Guide to Butterfly
Gardening, Identification andBehavior by Donald and Lillian Stokes
and Ernest Williams. Little, Brown and Company, 1991. Photos on pages
21, 34,35,71,72,90.
- Butterfly Gardening - Creating Summer Magic in
your Garden. The Xerces Society in association with the Smithsonian
Institution, 1990. Photos on pages 3, 52, 62.
- Insects: Little Giants of the Earth, The
Discovery Channel Interactive Video Library. Numerous photos
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
- Science Technical Advisory Team, Pima County's
Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan, April 1999 - 2004
- Citizens' Advisory Committee, Sweetwater
Wetlands (1996-97)
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Forgotten
Pollinators Campaign, Sponsor (SASI)
- Entomological Society of America, Education
Committee, 1995 - 1997
- North American Butterfly Association, Board of
Directors, 1992 - present
- North Carolina State Museum of Natural History,
Field Associate in Arachnology
- American Zoo and Aquarium Association,
Treasurer, Invertebrate Taxon Advisory Group, 1992-94
- Tucson Association of Museums
- Organization of Biological Field Stations
- Arizona Native Plant Society
- Lepidoptera Research Foundation, Inc.
- Organization of Tropical Studies
- Fundación Biotropico
SKILLS AND
ABILITIES
- Museum entomological techniques.
- Museum & Zoo exhibit design and
construction.
- Lower vertebrate and invertebrate
husbandry.
- Natural history photography, digital and
35mm.
- Personnel, office and facility
management.
- Macintosh computers; Adobe PhotoShop, GoLive;
MS Office
- Public speaking.
- Spanish; Conversational. Reading and
writing abilities progress.
PERSONAL
INTERESTS
- Sustainable Tropical Insect Farming
- Popularization of Entomology
- Insect Life Histories and Ecology
- Saturniidae and Sphingidae of Peninsula de Osa,
Costa Rica
- Insect/Plant Relationships
- Reptiles and Amphibians of Dos Brazos de Rio
Tigre, Peninsula de Osa, Costa Rica
- Ants; captive husbandry
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