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FOREWORD <br />It remains a fond hope (though no doubt an unrealistic one) that Providence <br />may one day smile upon such individuals as missionaries laboring in the Congo, <br />Salvation Army workers, street urchins in Calcutta, graduate students in the <br />biological sciences, and editors of scientific journals. <br />Publication of the Council's proceedings, which began with the appearance <br />of Volume 1 in 1970, has proved to be a task nearly as frustrating and time <br />consuming as the activities attending the Devils Hole Supreme Court decision, <br />the acquisition of Ash Meadows, the Fish Slough land exchange, and the preparation <br />of listing packages. However, with the appearance of the 1971-77 Proceedings <br />Compendium, our publication schedule was completed through 1980. The current <br />volume brings us up to date through the Fifteenth Annual Symposium held in Death <br />Valley in November, 1983. <br />If all goes well, it should henceforth be possible for us to stay on top of <br />our publication schedule. The next volume will usher in a new era for the Proceedings, <br />complete with illustrations, an increase in bilingual publication, a more thorough <br />peer review of full papers, and complete indexing. A separate index for Volumes <br />1-15 is now being prepared. We hope in this way to make the Proceedings a more <br />attractive, valuable, and prestigious publication medium and one befitting the <br />excellent quality of the papers which are often submitted to us. <br />Thank you for your patience through all of this. We welcome you to this new <br />era of the Proceedings and look forward to working with you in the future. <br />Phil Pister <br />August 15, 1984