Arizona rancher on Mexico border uses science to breed sustainable cattle
By Shayla Hyde | Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017
and fillers. Fish said his father, Ron Fish, taught him to be an environmental steward. He practiced rest-rotation grazing, a common practice among ranchers, but the elder Fish began to…
‘Our fish’: Dedicated biologists scour Colorado River to help endangered species survive
By Luke Runyon | Friday, Oct. 12, 2018
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists take stock of non-native fish caught as part of an electrofishing trip down the Colorado River near Grand Junction, Colorado. (Photo by Luke Runyon/KUNC)…
Hatchery near Flagstaff undergoes $3.3 million in renovations to raise trout in the desert
By Carissa Wigginton | Friday, Feb. 15, 2019
…with shrimp farms. “To me, stocking fish is for people to fish but also for people to build lifetime memories,” he says. (Photo by Delia Johnson/Cronkite News) 3 Carissa Wigginton…
Arizona, U.S. and tribal officials work to save native Apache trout from extinction
By Gabriel Sandler | Monday, May 7, 2018
protect the state’s fish. (Photo by Gabriel Sandler/Cronkite News) Fish and sportfish Arizona Game & Fish has several methods for eliminating the non-native fish, including brown, brook and rainbow trout,…
Why there’s a legal fight to protect the native roundtail chub
By Bryce Newberry | Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018
…Joshua Walters past fish tanks at Bubbling Ponds Fish Hatchery, which is run by Arizona Game & Fish. The tanks hold fish of several species. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Cronkite News)…
Arizona maintains thousands of water catchments to ensure healthy wildlife populations
By Nick Serpa | Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018
it costs thousands of dollars an hour. Despite the challenges, Nitso said he enjoys the job. Jed Nitso frequently hauls truckloads of water to catchments across the state. “On a…
Endangered fish have re-emerged in the Santa Cruz River, but will they last?
By Angel Mendoza | Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018
…any fish is a good sign of the river’s health, Zugmeyer said, and the topminnow’s re-emergence underscores the importance of treated wastewater. Doug Duncan, a fish biologist with the U.S….
Efforts to protect butterflies, desert fish would get millions under Extinction Prevention Act
By Melissa Robbins | Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Protecting fish habitat Doug Duncan, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Arizona, said the bill covers a wide range of desert fish. “That’s pretty much all…
Hunters help safeguard Arizona’s deer and elk from chronic wasting disease
By Stephanie Morse | Friday, Nov. 9, 2018
…Arizona CWD free. But that could change quickly. “It’s a big challenge,” said Anne Justice-Allen, a wildlife veterinarian with Arizona Game & Fish. “It may be an impossible challenge, because…
Arizona wildlife managers rely on public to help stop poaching
By Meagan Boudreau | Monday, June 25, 2018
…Game & Fish Department wildlife manager spots something dark moving about a mile away. It’s just trash, so she sweeps her binoculars elsewhere. She’s “glassing” – a practice hunters use…
State officials warn of mercury levels in fishing areas; launch online guide to safe consumption
By Kianna Gardner | Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017
species of fish across 17 bodies of water in ten Arizona counties. Mercury is one of the most common pollutants found in fish tissue, according to Game and Fish, The…
Alamo Lake boating and fishing takes hit during dam maintenance by Corps of Engineers
By Angel Mendoza | Thursday, March 29, 2018
…on wildlife health and park revenue. The Arizona Game and Fish Commission in March sought a restraining order to stop the project, but a federal judge denied the request. Alamo…