File:Status of the desert pupfish (IA statusofdesertpu00phil).pdf

13 pages : 26 cm

"The plight of tiny pupfishes, isolated in scattered springs and streams of the Death Valley System of California and Nevada for thousands of years, is a matter of national and even international concern. For some forms concern comes too late--they have already become extinct. The very existence of others is threatened by activities of man--appropriation of spring and ground waters, destruction of habitats, use of pesticides, and release of exotic species into these restricted aquatic habitats. In a brief span of several months or a few years at most, these species, too, may disappear if protective measures are not implemented immediately"--Foreword

Includes bibliographical references (page 13)

"The plight of tiny pupfishes, isolated in scattered springs and streams of the Death Valley System of California and Nevada for thousands of years, is a matter of national and even international concern. For some forms concern comes too late--they have already become extinct. The very existence of others is threatened by activities of man--appropriation of spring and ground waters, destruction of habitats, use of pesticides, and release of exotic species into these restricted aquatic habitats. In a brief span of several months or a few years at most, these species, too, may disappear if protective measures are not implemented immediately"--Foreword

"Task force report June 1971"--Cover

"Fish drawings by Craig P. Phillips, National Fisheries Center and Aquarium"--Cover verso

"Agencies represented on the Interior Desert Pupfish Task Force: Bureau of Sport Fisheries & Wildlife ; Bureau of Land Management ; Office of the Solicitor ; Office of Water Resources Research ; Bureau of Reclamation ; National Park Service ; Geological Survey"--Preliminary page

"Task Force cooperators: California Department of Fish and Game ; Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources ; Nevada Department of Fish and Game ; University of California at Los Angeles ; University of Nevada at Las Vegas ; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ; the Desert Fishes Council Advisory Group"--Preliminary page

Subjects: Fish populations -- Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.); Endangered species -- Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.); Desert pupfish -- Habitat -- Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.); Cyprinodon -- Habitat -- Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.); Wildlife conservation -- Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.); Cyprinodon; Desert pupfish; Endangered species; Fish populations; Wildlife conservation; United States -- Death Valley