AGFD News

Spring catfish stockings have begun at urban lakes Taxpayers can play critical role in conserving Arizona’s wildlife Comment period extended on sport fish stocking Environmental Assessment Faced with the loss of access, commission eliminates pronghorn hunts in 19B for 2011 Enjoy family fun at the free Migration Celebration nature festival April 9 in Phoenix Critical habitat for the Chiricahua leopard frog proposed Free trail map will help you find wildlife in the Pinetop-Lakeside area Game and Fish wins partnership award for work on bighorn overpasses Prescribed fire scheduled at Game and Fish Pinetop office property Forest Service to host open forums in Phoenix on proposed forest planning rule View the full article

The Fishing Guru has taken to the waterways of California for a vacation. I think he’s even doing some whale watching! So the Guru-in-training (Jim Harken) has willingly stepped in to try to fill some large hip waders once again. The weather continues to be unseasonable warm, at least in the Phoenix area and I’m hearing that the urban fisher folk are getting better bites than usual this time of year. In reading Rory’s past articles for ideas, I see that the moon will be full on March 19 and the Equinox is March 20, so fishing should be fun this weekend! Rory says that this is going to be a Great fishing year! He said, “This is the first time with back-to-pack years of good snow pack and winter precipitation in about 20 years. Every angler should be salivating or smiling!†View the full article

The Arizona Game and Fish Commission, today, unanimously approved the master site plan for the future Northern Arizona Shooting Range. View the full article

The Arizona Game and Fish Commission will be presented with the Northern Arizona Shooting Range conceptual master plan site design for their approval, at their regularly scheduled meeting Friday. View the full article

The final winter trout stockings in the Phoenix and Tucson area Urban lakes will take place the week of March 7-12. Urban lake water temperatures are rising into the 60s signaling the annual stocking changeover from winter trout to spring catfish. This week’s trout delivery will be the ninth one of the season, concluding a very successful winter stocking season of 100 percent on-time deliveries. For the second year in a row, the trout were larger and averaged over ½ pound each. View the full article

The Arizona Game and Fish Department is hosting an informational open house tomorrow to present the draft master site-plan for the Northern Arizona Shooting Range from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Flagstaff regional office at 3500 S. Lake Mary Road. View the full article

The Arizona Game and Fish Department reports no detection of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in any of the 1,417 testable samples from hunter-harvested or road-killed deer and elk during Arizona’s 2010-11 hunting season. View the full article

Get a free Fishin' Holes booklet when you buy a license at ISE Released Gould’s turkey flies into conservation history Heritage Fund gives head start to Chiricahua leopard frogs First bighorn sheep documented on Highway 93 overpasses Endangered Mount Graham red squirrels surveyed The Old West is on display this weekend at Winter Range Trout catching tips, Part 2: Worm fishing View draft master plan for shooting range at open house Enjoy the outdoors at the family-friendly Tres Rios Nature Festival, March 5-6 Arizona’s wildlife needs you to “make a mark†at tax time Experience outdoor activities at the Game and Fish Expo Nine new Game and Fish officers sworn in, ready for duty No CWD detected in Arizona deer and elk testing View the full article