DFC’s Executive Committee made the difficult decision to cancel our in person meeting this year. We were really looking forward to our annual meeting and the gathering of the best conservation and management professionals in the US and Mexico, but this year we will have to celebrate desert fish and habitats virtually. We are putting together some desert fish and habitat content that will be shared through the listserv and website during the week of November 16th. There will be no registration fee for our virtual meeting. If you have anything that you would like to share about fish you are studying, habitat projects, or links to recent reports or publications, please send them to Megan Bean (megan.bean@tpwd.texas.gov).
Since we will have no funds generated from a meeting this year, we ask that you renew your membership now (it will be $25 or less depending on your status) to help us continue to support our DFC programs like Conservation Grants program and student travel grants. Our plan for the 2021 DFC Meeting is to continue our normal meeting schedule and work with our DFC local host, Dr. Héctor Espinosa Pérez, who is planning a meeting in Cuatrocienegas.
We look forward to celebrating desert fish and habitats with you in November in this new virtual way. Stay safe and thanks for everything you all do to protect and conserve desert fish and habitats.
It just wouldn’t be a DFC meeting without Phil kicking off the meeting with The History of DFC talk. To view the presentation, please visit the new Desert Fishes Council YouTube Channel.
The History of the Desert Fishes Council – Part 1 from DFC Executive Secretary Phil Pister
The History of the Desert Fishes Council – Part 2 from Phil
June Sucker: Endangered Species (On Its Way to Recovery) from Utah Lake Commision
Woundfin Recovery Efforts on the Virgin River from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Area Reports:
The Lower Colorado Area Report Poster – from Ron Rogers
The Nevada Area Report from Eric Miskow
The Upper Colorado Area Report from Dave Speas
Texas Area Report from Megan Bean and Gary Garrett
Virtual Field Trips for the area:
Devil’s Hole Adventure – Jonathan Bird’s Blue World from BlueWorldTV
Water in the Nevada Desert from artphot (Ash Meadows)
Endangered June Sucker in Utah Lake in 2020 from Utah DWR
On the Trail – Devils Hole from CBS Sunday Morning
Virtual Presentations:
Borax Lake Chub: Summary of recent monitoring and the status of a southeast Oregon endemic
Presenter: Brian Bangs, USFWS Oregon
Status of Poeciliopsis jackschultzi Rio Concepcion Topminnow Guatopote del Concepcion Sonora, Mexico
Presenter: Mariana Mateos, Texas A&M University
Presenter: Alexsandre Gutierrez-Barragan, Universidad de Sonora