Membership

Membership is open to any person or organization interested in or engaged in the management, protection, or scientific study of desert fishes, or some related phase of desert fish conservation. Only members may present papers at the Annual Meeting, be appointed or nominated as Council officers, and be eligible for awards and assistance granted by…

2023 Desert Fishes Council Annual Meeting – Bishop, CA

15-19 November 2023 The meeting will be held at the Tri-County Fair and Event Center, Bishop, California. Accomodations: Accommodations for a block of hotel rooms have been made at the Vagabond Inn. The DFC rate for the meeting is $104/night for a king bed room ($89 on Wed and Thu and $119 on Fri and Sat) and $114/night for two…

Instructions to join the DFC Listserv

Join the DFC Listserv by email You can both subscribe to and unsubscribe from our DFC Google Group via email without a Google account. To subscribe, send an email to desertfishes+subscribe@googlegroups.com.  If you’d like to unsubscribe, send an email to desertfishes+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.  You can also use the unsubscribe link at the bottom of a Listserv email.…

Virtual Meeting Registration

2022 Virtual Meeting Registration. Select the non-member registration if you have not already purchase a membership for 2022. The non-member registration includes a 2022 membership.

Desert Fishes Council’s 52nd Annual Meeting – has been cancelled

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…

Kathryn Boyer

DFC President 2014 to 2015 Membership Secretary 2008-2013 Kathryn’s research has focused on (1) the effects of agricultural and forestry land-use practices on stream and riparian habitats critical to native fish species, and (2) the development of land management practices that minimize degradation of stream and riparian functions important to aquatic species. She is now…

Heidi Blasius

DFC President 2010 to 2013Membership Secretary 2005-2009 Heidi Blasius served two terms (2010-2013) as the Council’s first woman president.  During her presidency, Heidi worked with family members of the late W. L. Minckley to establish the W. L. Minckley Conservation Award to honor her former graduate professor.  The award recognizes individuals or organizations whose work…

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