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Visit our wishlist as you do your Black Friday shopping and send a gift for tortoise conservation!

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Photo: by Maribel Lopez, recent grant funded surveys in Sonora, Mexico.

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funds for Desert Tortoises!

We couldn’t do this without the wonderful generosity of our donors! Because of YOUR support, we are able to offer a great range of items! Please consider visiting the Desert Tortoise Council wishlist to purchase items that will raise funds for tortoises AND be…

host the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium. We are preparing to host the 51st in February!

At every symposium we hold a fun and exciting raffle and a live auction that gives students and biologists a chance to pick up useful items for the field, and a few fun items, all while raising…

Each day combines expert-led instruction with field practice at diverse habitats around Las Vegas. Participants will engage in reflective observation, note-taking, & applied exercises that connect bird ecology with the realities of compliance work in the Mojave.

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Through a blend of classroom instruction, guided field observation, and live point-count survey, attendees will learn to distinguish species by sight, sound, and behavior while developing field-ready competencies directly applicable to biological consulting work in California, Nevada and Arizona...

monitoring skills. Participants will gain practical field experience observing, identifying, and documenting birds across the Mojave Desert, with a focus on species commonly encountered during compliance monitoring and pre-construction surveys...

the winning applicant at the DTC’s 51st Annual Symposium in February 2026. Applications are due November 30th, 2025. Please visit the Desert Tortoise Council website for full information about the award, as well as application procedures and documents!

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postdoctoral students, or other researchers. Applications will be evaluated on the basis of the potential of the research to contribute to the biological knowledge of one or more of the above gopher tortoise species, and to their management and conservation.

The $3,000 award will be presented to...

(G. agassizii, G. morafkai, G. evgoodei, G. berlandieri, and G. flavomarginatus) in the southwestern United States and Mexico.

Applicants must be associated with a recognized institution (e.g., university, museum, government agency, nongovernmental organization) and may be graduate students,

Register here:

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Recordings of this year’s lectures will be available to REGISTERED ATTENDEES for several weeks beginning in mid-November.
*Course auditors DO NOT receive Certification of participation.

required from various agencies. This course is designed for wildlife biologists, zoologists, natural resource specialists, wildlife managers, land managers and recreation specialists and may be useful for teachers, students, professionals working with the public, and the general public….

information about the biology, ecology, habitat preferences, life history, and health of the Mojave Desert Tortoise as well as presentation of the threats this species faces today. We will introduce how we do field surveys and tortoise handling and discuss the permits and authorizations that are…

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will be eligible for a free Audit of the Online Lecture Sessions and have access to the recordings of the Online Lecture Sessions when they are available for a few weeks beginning in mid-November. This will help you keep up with the latest information provided in the Lectures year to year...

evening event-only selections, single day options, and new, lower virtual pricing. Find the registration and hotel reservation info here: deserttortoise.org/annual-sympo...