Are you looking for photographs of Arizona’s wildlife? Do you have a great photo you want to chare with people? If you answered “yes” to either of these questions, be sure to check out the Department’s new photo sharing web site. You can add your own photos or search for images in [...]

Have you heard our free podcast yet? If not, you are missing out. These short audio rcordings feature experts discussing some of the wildlife and wildlife-related issues found in the state. Each episode can be downloaded as an mp3 file and new episodes are released every two to four weeks. In addition, [...]

The public is invited to meet Sherrie Russell Meline, the winning artist of the 2006-07 Federal Duck Stamp contest, at an open house on Friday, Nov. 7 from 1-5 p.m. at the Arizona Game and Fish Department headquarters at 5000 W. Carefree Highway in Phoenix. Meline will be signing autographs, displaying samples of [...]

Our ”W.H.I.: Wildlife and Habitat Inquiry” Workshops will give you the tools and understanding necessary to bring wildlife-focused inquiry into your classroom. There are currently three W.H.I. workshops scheduled (brief descriptions below), with more planned for the Spring. Each workshop covers a different topic in wildlife biology and costs $20. This fee covers [...]

The Department has created a new speaker series open to the public with unique features for educators. Join us for these two-hour events. The first hour will be a talk from a Department biologist on a specific topic. The optional second hour will consist of educational activities ready to be taken back [...]

The Arizona Game and Fish Department is accepting written public comments on proposed rulemaking for a new Article 10 dealing with off-highway vehicles in response to recent statutory changes approved by the legislature. Comments will be accepted from Oct. 3 through Nov. 2, 2008. The proposed rules are:
R12-4-1001. Minimum Standards for an [...]

The Arizona Game and Fish Department is considering various changes to the 2009-10 fishing regulations during the Saturday portion of its Oct. 10-11 meeting in Phoenix at the department headquarters located at 5000 W. Carefree Highway (just west of I-17).
The Game and Fish Department gathered public input on the proposals by [...]

Competitive marksmen using vintage military rifles with open sights will be shooting at long-range targets starting Saturday in two premier national competitions.
The 2008 Western Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) Games and Creedmoor Cup Matches will take place at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility in north Phoenix on Oct. 11-19.
The CMP Games [...]

The Arizona Game and Fish Department will host a public meeting at its Mesa office, 7200 E. University Drive, from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 23, to discuss the department’s hunt recommendations and planned management for elk and antelope in central Arizona (Region VI).
Topics will include elk and antelope population trends, sex [...]

Hunters are reminded that season is closed for canvasback ducks
Waterfowl season opened Friday, Oct. 3 in the mountain zone. The “liberal” season set by the federal framework and implemented by the Arizona Game and Fish Department is for a full 100 days, closing on Jan. 11 (in the mountain zone). However, [...]

Volunteers available to help applicants build an enclosure and den
Having trouble with Fido running away? Is it hard to find the time to care for a dog or cat when you are tied up with work and family all day? If so, consider adopting a desert tortoise. Come learn about these fascinating [...]

The Ben Avery Shooting Facility main range, archery ranges, and the Ben Avery Clay Target Center will change to winter hours of operation for the public beginning Wednesday, Oct. 15. The new hours will be:

Monday – Closed
Tuesday – Closed
Wednesday – 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Thursday – 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday – 8 [...]

Trapper education classes are being offered by the Arizona Trappers Association at Arizona Game and Fish Department regional offices, the Phoenix headquarters of the Arizona Game and Fish Department, and in southern Arizona.
In addition, classes are available on a request basis in Pima, Safford and the surrounding areas, as well as [...]

Don’t let the temperature outside fool you: Cold water immersion and hypothermia can occur in water as cool as 70 degrees at any time of the year, even on a warm and sunny day.
Arizona winters are mild, and recreational boating and fishing are popular year-round, but an unexpected immersion into cold water [...]

Flashes of angling gold return to Silver Creek
Flashes of golden Apache trout returning to Silver Creek near Show Low in the White Mountains was a recent harbinger of the great fall-winter trout fishing opportunities anglers can experience in Arizona this year.
“The Arizona Game and Fish Department’s catch-and-release Apache trout fishery along [...]

A whisker-perfect bobcat, adorable twin speckled deer fawns, and a fascinating gilded flicker caught in mid-flight are just some of the award-winning wildlife photographs that can intrigue every month of the year.
So be sure to get the ever-affordable ($3) Arizona Game and Fish Department calendar for 2009 – for quality, there’s [...]

Hunters can assist CWD monitoring
Deer and elk hunters: Your assistance is needed again this season to continue the monitoring efforts in Arizona for chronic wasting disease (CWD), a wildlife disease that is fatal to deer and elk. Currently, there is no evidence that CWD poses a risk for humans.
Although CWD has [...]

Black-tailed prairie dogs return to historical site in Arizona
Nearly 50 years ago, they vanished from Arizona’s landscape, but thanks to a multi-partner reintroduction effort, black-tailed prairie dogs are making a comeback.
Seventy-four black-tailed prairie dogs captured at the Ladder Ranch in New Mexico were released yesterday into the wild in the Las [...]

It’s best to hand-deliver your application
Hunters getting ready to mail their spring hunt-permit application might want to save the stamp and deliver it themselves – the hunt application deadline day is Tuesday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. Postmarks don’t count.
Don’t forget that Monday, Oct. 13 is a state holiday, Columbus [...]

State’s long-term participation contingent on revised approach, interagency cooperation
PHOENIX - The Arizona Game and Fish Commission stated its intentions about Mexican wolf conservation very clearly today, reiterating its support for wolf conservation, but mandating pursuit of Arizona-specific objectives and making continued support contingent upon cooperator progress in several key [...]