2006 PHOTO CONTEST SUBMISSIONS The Desert Tortoise Council Thirty First Annual Meeting and Symposium Tucson, 2006 The Council sponsors its annual photo contest to honor and encourage members to participate in educating the public through photography. Prints are judged by the Symposium attendees and winners will be announced on Saturday night. WILD DESERT TORTOISES * CAPTIVE DESERT TORTOISES OTHER DESERT REPTILES * DESERT MAMMALS * OTHER DESERT WILDLIFE WILD DESERT PLANTS * DESERT SCENICS * TORTOISE CONSERVATION   Best Of Show BEST OF SHOW Shelley Ellis Sonoran Desert Scenic   Category 1: Wild Desert Tortoises Category 1  FIRST PLACE Ken Nagy "A Dirty Old Man" Wild Desert Tortoise   Category 2: Captive Desert Tortoises     Category 2 FIRST PLACE Ellen Schafhauser Captive (Pet) Tortoise, Gopherus agassizii Category 3: Other Desert Reptiles   Category 3 FIRST PLACE Andres Walde Sidewinder Category 4: Desert Mammals Category 4 FIRST PLACE Shelley Ellis Botta's Pocket Gopher, Thomomys bottae mohavensis, Jawbone Canyon Area, SW of Ridgecrest, CA Category 5: Other Desert Wildlife   Category 5 FIRST PLACE Ellen Schafhauser   Category 6: Wild Desert Plants   Category 6 FIRST PLACE Shelley Ellis California Poppy, Eschscholtzia californica, near Ridgecrest, CA. Category 7: Desert Scenics Category 7 Shelley Ellis FIRST PLACE & BEST OF SHOW Category 8: Tortoise Conservation   Category 8 FIRST PLACE Andrew Walde Tortoise Eating Palm Pilot

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