Edwin Philip Pister | |
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Born | Stockton, California, U.S. | January 15, 1929
Died | January 17, 2023 Bishop, California, U.S. | (aged 94)
Occupation | Fishery biologist, conservationist, deep ecologist |
Nationality | American |
Subject | Desert fishes, conservation, environmental ethics |
Edwin Philip Pister (January 15, 1929 – January 17, 2023) was an American fishery biologist who worked for California Department of Fish and Game. [1] He was a pioneer of desert fish conservation, and is credited with saving the Owens pupfish (Cyprinodon radiosis) by transferring the entire remaining population into several buckets and transporting them to a safe location. [2] [3]
Pister was born in Stockton, California and lived in Bishop, California. A volume compiling studies of desert fishes has been published in his honor. [4] He has written and published scientific and popular papers and has also written about environmental ethics. [5]
Pister helped found the non-profit Desert Fishes Council in 1969, serving as its first president, then as its Executive Secretary until his death. [6]
Audio interviews of him are available in the Bancroft Library at University of California, Berkeley [7]
Pister died in Bishop, California on January 17, 2023, two days after his 94th birthday. [8]
Edwin Philip Pister | |
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Born | Stockton, California, U.S. | January 15, 1929
Died | January 17, 2023 Bishop, California, U.S. | (aged 94)
Occupation | Fishery biologist, conservationist, deep ecologist |
Nationality | American |
Subject | Desert fishes, conservation, environmental ethics |
Edwin Philip Pister (January 15, 1929 – January 17, 2023) was an American fishery biologist who worked for California Department of Fish and Game. [1] He was a pioneer of desert fish conservation, and is credited with saving the Owens pupfish (Cyprinodon radiosis) by transferring the entire remaining population into several buckets and transporting them to a safe location. [2] [3]
Pister was born in Stockton, California and lived in Bishop, California. A volume compiling studies of desert fishes has been published in his honor. [4] He has written and published scientific and popular papers and has also written about environmental ethics. [5]
Pister helped found the non-profit Desert Fishes Council in 1969, serving as its first president, then as its Executive Secretary until his death. [6]
Audio interviews of him are available in the Bancroft Library at University of California, Berkeley [7]
Pister died in Bishop, California on January 17, 2023, two days after his 94th birthday. [8]