Learn About On-the-Ground Conservation Actions

In 2023, the Arizona Game and Fish Department and Arizona’s wildlife conservation organizations put a combined total of $24.2 million on the ground for terrestrial and aquatic wildlife conservation. What’s equally impressive, is the 151 partners that had a hand in 867 distinct efforts. This does not include efforts from any land management agencies or other conservation groups that were unable to report. The table below summarizes the contributions.

Arizona Game and Fish Department Funding

2023 on the ground expenditures Matched or leveraged funding Activity Project description # of activities # of partners
$5,897,147 $6,615,602 Habitat enhancement Habitat Enhancement, LRP, and HPC Programs 68 38
$1,057,540 $94,325 Access Public recreational access, habitat improvement, landowner respect, and adopt-a-ranch 47 41
$50,000 $78,000 Wildlife water Rain Tank rebuild – Kaibab National Forest 1 2
$3,215 $0 Stocking Channel Catfish Stocked Channel catfish for youth fishing event 1 2
$40,000 $0 Alamo Lake Aquatic Habitat 241 Structures placed in Alamo lake 2 2
$104,544 $110,000 Colorado River Rainbow Trout stocking Rainbow trout stockings 6 1
$262,043 $50,000 Tacna Marsh Habitat Restoration Pond/marsh habitat restoration on Quigley-Achee WLA 1 3
$20,000 $13,400 Turkey Translocation Region 6 Turkeys from Region 1 translocated to Region 6 1 2
$150,000 $10,000 Deer and sheep crossing, Region 6 Sheep monitoring and deer monitoring for Gonzales pass 2 4
$96,000 $10,000 Fish stocking Region 6 Walleye, crappie, and largemouth bass stockings in Region 6 3 4
$78,000 $0 Habitat Enhancement Wildlife water at Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area 1 0
$23,617 $136,325 Habitat Enhancement I-85 44-acre Tamarisk removal 1 2
$14,000 $0 Habitat enhancement Migratory bird crop planting 1 0
$1,527,068 $0 Operation & maintenance of hatcheries Operation & maintenance of hatcheries enabled over 600 stockings of sport fish at 100 locations 683 25
$1,430,000 $150,000 Fish stocking Stocking fish at 51 locations in the Community Fishing Program 51 51
$75,000 $0 Fish stockings Five Colorado river Rainbow trout stockings 5 1
$59,000 $0 Habitat Enhancement Fish habitat structures in three reservoirs 6 6
$20,000 $5,000 Habitat Enhancement Installed fish habitat structures in Show Low Lake 1 1
$500 $12,000 Fish stocking Donated White Amur stocking Crescent lake 1 1
$100 $7,500 Fish stocking Rainbow trout stockings funded by the town of Pinetop Lakeside for Woodland Lake 1 1
$725,000 $0 Big game population surveys Big game population surveys 1 0
$2,385,166 $0 Wildlife Water Redevelop, newly construct and perform major maintenance of wildlife waters statewide 40 121
$10,926,174 $7,267,652 Total 867 151

Arizona Wildlife Conservation Organization Funding

2023 on the ground expenditures Matched or leveraged funding Activity Project description # of activities # of partners
$95,503 Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society
$67,249 Arizona Antelope Foundation
$328,463 Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation 12
$250,000 Conservation First USA 3
$50,000 Ducks Unlimited
$20,000 Pheasants Forever
$5,295 Valley of the Sun Pheasants Forever
$3,230,567 Salt River Project
$58,837 Mogollon Sporting Association
$1,308,000 Mule Deer Foundation
$105,328 Arizona Sportsmen for Wildlife Conservation
$22,000 Arizona Mule Deer Organization
$282,647 Arizona Elk Society
$44,799 Trout Unlimited
$172,700 Arizona Deer Association
$6,036,388 Total WCO effort

Combined on the Ground Conservation Efforts Totaled $24,230,214 Million

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