2008 Already!

I can't believe we're already well into 2008. Life just seems to move along so darned fast these days. Days become weeks, weeks become years. With my focus always on the future, it's tough to look back - let alone appreciate the present!

Right now I'm in Las Vegas attending the 33rd Annual Desert Tortoise Council Symposium. It's a yearly event where the desert tortoise research and conservation community gets together to discuss current research, policy as it relates to tortoise conservation, and see old friends. The conference began this morning and it's already been an eye opener - from new developments in tortoise behavioral genetics to population assessments of the Sonoran desert tortoise in Arizona, it's been enlightening. But the best part is networking with new friends and touching base with old friends.

My presentation is on Sunday afternoon and I have yet to finish the powerpoint. It's entitled Desert tortoise micro-habitat selection on the Florence Military Reservatoin, Pinal County, AZ. Fascinating right? Well, I better get to work.

Happy New Year and I hope to fill you in on how the presentation went.

Peace!