Desert Bighorn Council Workshop
April 22, 2025 - April 25, 2025
Gold Canyon, Arizona
The 58th meeting of the WAFWA Desert Bighorn Council will be held on April 22-25, 2025 in Gold Canyon, Arizona at the Gold Canyon Resort. We hope you'll join us!
Chaired by Rana Murphy.
On behalf of the Western Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) and the Arizona Game and Fish Department, we are pleased to invite you to participate in the 58th Biennial WAFWA Desert Bighorn Council Workshop. WAFWA represents 24 states, provinces, and territories and is a strong advocate for their authority to manage fish and wildlife within their borders.
Schedule of Events
April 22, 2025 – April 25, 2025
Management of Desert Bighorn Sheep in a Changing Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities
Registration
- Early registration:
(Through February 1, 2025)- Student: $200.00
- Non-student: $250.00
- Regular registration:
(February 2 – April 1, 2025)- Student: $250.00
- Non-student: $300.00
Call for Papers
The Arizona Game and Fish Department invites you to submit an abstract for the 2025 Workshop
Location and Lodging
Gold Canyon Golf Resort
Gold Canyon, Arizona
6100 S King’s Ranch Rd
Gold Canyon, AZ 85118
Call for Papers
The Arizona Game and Fish Department invites you to submit an abstract for the 2025 Workshop. The Theme of this year’s event is Management of Desert Bighorn Sheep in a Changing Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities. Abstracts are due December 15, 2024. Please submit abstracts for consideration to Esther Rubin at erubin@azgfd.gov.
For more specific instructions, see the official call for papers in this document.
Schedule of Events
TUESDAY, APRIL 22 (Subject to Change)
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM DBC Technical Staff Meeting
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM Registration
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Meet and Greet and Poster Session open
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23
7:00 AM – 8:00 Registration
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM Opening Session – Welcome, Presentations, and Break
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch
1:15 PM – 5:00 PM Presentations and Break
Throughout Day – Poster Session
6:00 PM Dinner
THURSDAY, APRIL 24
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Registration
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Presentations and Break
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch
1:15 PM – 5:00 PM Presentations and Break
Throughout Day – Poster Session
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Banquet Dinner and Awards Ceremony
FRIDAY, APRIL 25
8:00 AM – 2:00 PM Field Tour to Dolly Steamboat, Canyon Lake Tour (approximately 37 miles north of Gold Canyon on Hwy 60 / AZ-88).
A WAFWA Sanctioned Workshop
The Desert Bighorn Council Workshop is a biennial meeting held in odd numbered years sanctioned by WAFWA. The workshop provides a forum where leading desert bighorn managers and researchers share research results, management strategies, and emerging issues in the realms of bighorn management throughout North America. Please visit us at https://www.desertbighorncouncil.com
Established to promote the advancement of knowledge concerning the Desert Bighorn Sheep and the long-range welfare of these animals.
PAST MEETINGS
2021 – The 56th meeting of the Desert Bighorn Council: Past, present and future threats: disease, exotic ungulates, and a change in mind set. The 56th meeting of the Desert Bighorn Council was hosted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department as a virtual platform meeting on April 7- 8, 2021.