Arizona turns to muskies to bulk up bass fishery
Associated Press
June 4, 2019
Hope is tiger muskies will eat small bass, allowing anglers to have larger bass to catch in upcoming years.
Arizona Game and Fish Department
Arizona refuge makes for uncommon family hunting experience
USFWS Reports
September 5, 2018
Autumn is for remembering. The last light of summer yields to the first beautiful days of fall. This time of year is a communion between what was and what might be. Fall brings with it
Arizona Game and Fish agrees to retain one trail-cam ban, lift another
Staff and News Reports
June 14, 2018
PAYSON, Ariz. — In a 5-0 vote, the Arizona Game and Fish Commission agreed to retain the provision that prohibits use of live-action trail cameras for the purpose of taking or aiding in the take
In Arizona, officials work to save native Apache trout from extinction
Associated Press
May 11, 2018
The tribal, state and federal coalition has had success in downgrading Apache trout from endangered to threatened, a rare victory in the conservation world. But the progress can be fragile.
Arizona turkey hunters can give virus research a leg up
Associated Press
April 16, 2018
PHOENIX — Arizona wildlife officials are asking spring turkey hunters to consider donating a part of their kill for research. The Arizona Game and Fish Department said that it has been monitoring the state’s wild
Arizona man found guilty of deer poaching in Iowa
Iowa DNR
February 28, 2018
Nicholas Slater of Glendale, Ariz., was found guilty following a trial on Feb. 12, 2018 for charges related to poaching a whitetail deer. The poaching incident occurred at Lake Manawa State Park in Council Bluffs
Activists seek ban on sport hunting of Arizona big cats
Associated Press
September 29, 2017
Hunters and other opponents to the initiative have pointed out that the state’s mountain lion population is regulated by the Arizona Game and Fish Department and it’s not endangered.
State wildlife officials review feds’ plan for Mexican wolf recovery
Associated Press
July 10, 2017
Since conservation of the Mexican gray wolf began in the 1980s, the Arizona agency has spent more than $7 million on recovery efforts.
Arizona stepping up stocking with additional 250,000 fish
Associated Press
June 5, 2017
Arizona Fish and Game Department estimates it added 20,000 fish before Memorial Day and will continue the action in June.
