2005 PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS The Desert Tortoise Council Thirtieth Annual Meeting and Symposium Tucson, 2005 The Council sponsors its annual photo contest to honor and encourage members to participate in educating the public through photography. Prints were judged by the Symposium attendees and winners announced at the Banquet on Saturday night. BEST OF SHOW * WILD DESERT TORTOISES * CAPTIVE DESERT TORTOISES  OTHER DESERT REPTILES * DESERT MAMMALS * OTHER DESERT WILDLIFE  WILD DESERT PLANTS * DESERT SCENICS * TORTOISE CONSERVATION BEST OF SHOW Charlene Burge Category 7 "Desert Scenics" Sand Dunes   Category 1: Wild Desert Tortoises First Place, Category 1 Mark Bratton Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizii Category 2: Captive Desert Tortoises   First Place, Category 2 Ellen Schafhauser Weighing a juvenile Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizii     Category 3: Other Desert Reptiles   First Place, Category 3 Bridget Kobe Clayton Coachwhip Snake   Category 4: Desert Mammals   First Place, Category 4 Charlene Burge Kit Fox   Category 5: Other Desert Wildlife   First Place, Category 5 G. Walker Johnson Mating Beetles   Category 6: Wild Desert Plants   First Place, Category 6 Ellen Schafhauser Prickly Pear Cactus   Category 7: Desert Scenics   First Place Charlene Burge Category 7 "Desert Scenics" Sand Dunes See Best Of Show Above   Category 8: Tortoise Conservation   First Place, Category 8 Dave Focardi Tortoise Survey in Cholla

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