Goals & Priorities

Since 2005 the Desert Fish Habitat Partnership has worked with partners throughout the United States to conserve native desert fishes by restoring, protecting, and enhancing their habitats.

Protect healthy intact aquatic systems supporting native desert fish habitats.
Prevent further degradation of impaired desert fish habitats
Reverse declines in the quality and quantity of desert fish habitats to improve health and resiliency of desert fish and other aquatic species
Increase the quality and quantity of desert fish habitats that support a broad natural diversity of desert aquatic species
Contribute to the success of national efforts to protect and enhance aquatic habitats by participating in the National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP)

Integrate State Wildlife Action Plan priorities with the National Fish Habitat Action Plan strategies to include the following:
- protect intact and healthy habitats
- restore and maintain flow and water levels
- restore connectivity, while protecting native populations at-risk from non-native encroachment
- remediate and minimize sediments and excessive input of nutrients to habitats supporting species at-risk
Implement on-the-ground projects that focus actions to protect the most under-served, imperiled desert fish species identified in state wildlife action plans to enhance their conservation status and prevent their extirpation and extinction.
Prioritize projects to conserve and restore habitat for the most under-served, imperiled desert fish species