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Encyclopedia > Arizona Game and Fish Department

The Arizona Game and Fish Department is tasked with conserving, enhancing, and restoring Arizona's diverse wildlife resources and habitats through aggressive protection and management programs. It also provides wildlife resources and safe watercraft and off-highway vehicle recreation for the enjoyment of, appreciation by, and use by present and future generations. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Official language(s) English Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Area  Ranked 6th  - Total 113,998 sq mi (295,254 km²)  - Width 310 miles (500 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 0. ... Image:FRANKIE COBB.jpg Various species of deer are commonly seen wildlife across the Americas and Eurasia. ...


Wildlife Conservation

Black-footed Ferret

The Arizona Game and Fish Department has developed a "Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy" (CWCS)—a 10-year vision for managing Arizona’s fish, wildlife and natural habitats. This effort enlisted input and partnerships with various agency cooperators, sportsman and recreational groups, conservation organizations, special interest groups, Native American tribes, county and municipal governments, and the general public. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...


The Arizona Game and Fish Department works to recover threatened and endangered species, to help urban residents appreciate and coexist with our unique wildlife, to educate children about the environment, and to create new opportunities for outdoor recreation.


Research is a key element in the Arizona Game and Fish Department's conservation and management efforts. It is the result of research that helps determine the methods to best conserve our wildlife and habitat.


Few places offer the diversity of landscapes, plants, and animals as found in Arizona. In order to maintain this diversity and natural heritage, the importance of conservation and management programs, strategy, and policy cannot be overstated.


Wildlife and Conservation are both integral parts of Arizona's natural heritage.


See also

See also: Ben Avery Shooting Facility, Clay Target Center. Ben Avery Shooting Facility is owned and operated by the Arizona Game and Fish Department. ... The Ben Avery Shooting Facility is a public outdoor shooting range located in northern Phoenix, Arizona. ...


External links

  • Arizona Game and Fish Official webpage
  • Arizona Hunting Rules & Regulations
  • Arizona Weekly Fishing Report
  • Arizona Off-Highway Vehicles
  • Arizona Watercraft & Boating
  • Arizona Wildlife Conservation
  • Ben Avery Shooting Facility
  • Arizona Clay Target Center

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The Nature Conservancy in Arizona - New Report Looks at Survival of Pronghorn & Grassland Habitat (766 words)
The American pronghorn is the fastest mammal in the Western hemisphere, but a joint report written and released by The Nature Conservancy and the Arizona Game and Fish Department demonstrates that remaining herds in central Yavapai County are being outpaced by development and the degradation of its open grassland habitat.
According to Bill Ough and Eric Gardner of the Arizona Game and Fish Department, "In the ‘tri-cities’ of central Yavapai County (Prescott, Prescott Valley, and Chino Valley), the effects of urban growth on pronghorn population are evident.
The mission of the Arizona Game and Fish Department is to conserve, enhance, and restore Arizona’s diverse wildlife resources and habitats through aggressive protection and management programs, and to provide wildlife resources and safe watercraft and off-highway vehicle recreation for the enjoyment, appreciation, and use by present and future generations.
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