DOCSLIB.ORG

A Busy Day for Stocking Endangered Fish Inside This Issue: #TRENDING NOW

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

Volume 1 | Issue 1 | Spring 2015 A Busy Day for Stocking Endangered Fish Inside this issue: #TRENDING NOW ................ 2 The Arizona Game and Fish Department organized and biologists completed 7 km of New Acquisition for Bubbling Ponds Hatchery ..................... 2 led a successful stocking of four endangered fish species habitat mapping in the at sites in upper Bonita Creek, Arizona and Mule Creek, upper drainage and found Aquatic Research and Conservation Center .............. 2 New Mexico in November 2014. suitable riffle and run habitat for Loach Minnow IN THE FIELD ........................ 3 These fish stockings were and Spikedace. Recent and Upcoming AZGFD- completed under the Gila River led Activities ........................... 3 Basin Native Fish Conservation When additional Spikedace New Home for Pupfish at Mesa Program—a mitigation program progeny become available Community College................ 3 for the Central Arizona Project. from the Department’s BACK AT THE PONDS .......... 4 Aquatic Research and As project partners, the U.S. Fish Native Fish Predator and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Conservation Center (ARCC) Conditioning Study ................. 4 near Page Springs, those fish Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, and New Mexico will also be stocked into Department of Game and Fish upper Bonita Creek. Annual participated in the stockings. monitoring near stocking sites will occur to determine A total of 680 Desert Pupfish and the fate of stocked fish. 663 Gila Topminnow were released into two large beaver Mule Creek was a fishless ponds in upper Bonita Creek, stream identified for Gila Chub repatriation because downstream of the San Carlos A contracted helicopter uses a Apache Reservation. Further longline to haul a fish transport only one population of Gila downstream near Midnight barrel. Photo by AZGFD. Chub persists in New Canyon, 385 Gila Topminnow Mexico. Gila Chub were first stocked into Mule Creek in were stocked into a beaver pond Gila Topminnow were stocked 2012 as part of an ongoing and 288 Loach Minnow were upstream of the barrier. stocked at the head of a long collaboration between the riffle. In New Mexico, 60 Gila Unfortunately, green sunfish two states. Additional chub Chub were stocked into Mule and yellow bullhead reinvaded were collected in May 2014 Creek. the treated reach in 2009, and and held at ARCC for BLM has since led mechanical treatment of parasites. The Bonita Creek native fish removals of those nonnatives. These fish were then flown restoration project began in into the creek where 2008 with the completion of a Through annual monitoring at biologists from both states Reclamation-funded fish barrier fixed sites, BLM found Gila stocked them into suitable and a Department-led rotenone Topminnow established in the habitat. treatment of the 4.3 km reach middle portion of the stream, immediately above the barrier. but also observed increased By Tiffany Love-Chezem, CAP Native Fish Specialist and Tony Robinson, beaver activity that may have After the treatment, salvaged CAP Native Fish Program Manager, aquatic wildlife were returned to degraded the habitat for Loach Nongame Wildlife Branch the stream and Spikedace, Loach Minnow and Spikedace. <°))))><{ Minnow, Desert Pupfish, and In April 2014, Department Volume 1 | Issue 1 | Spring 2015 | Page 2 The acquisition “ #TRENDING NOW of this property serves two New Land and Water Acquisition for Bubbling Ponds purposes… to In December 2014, the mandated to offset impacts allow the Department to Department acquired 31.5 from the Department’s expand fish production on increase fish additional acres of property, sportfish stocking. CAMP will the newly acquired property production and adjacent to the Bubbling ensure long-term sustainability and the neighboring Ponds/Page Springs Fish of the gartersnakes on the Bubbling Ponds Hatchery. to conserve the Hatcheries in Yavapai County. new property through Approximately 2.5 acres of The acquisition of this property conservation commitments additional production ponds resident serves two purposes: to and the entire funding of the can be built. address the Department’s need purchase will contribute to northern By Chris Cantrell, Chief of Fisheries, to increase fish production and required mitigation. Fisheries Branch Mexican to conserve the resident northern Mexican gartersnake. The additional water rights will <°))))><{ gartersnake. Northern Mexican gartersnakes are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act and now occupies <10% of its former range. The main cause ” of decline is attributed to destruction or modification of habitat. A significant portion of this newly acquired property contains sensitive habitat for the snakes. The acquisition of the property also contributes to the Department’s Conservation and Mitigation Program (CAMP), a program which is Map of Page Family Property, Bubbling Ponds Hatchery and ARCC. Bubbling Ponds Native Fish Conservation Facility Now Called “Aquatic Research and Conservation Center” Located just south of the over 15 years, and maintains was based largely on a desire Department’s Bubbling Ponds several refuge lineages of to avoid confusion with Hatchery, the newly-named endangered Loach Minnow and Bubbling Ponds Hatchery, and Aquatic Research and Spikedace, among other native to highlight the center’s Conservation Center (ARCC) fish species for research and emphasis on research and is focused on research and recovery purposes. conservation of native aquatic conservation of native species. aquatic species. Although the focus of the Department’s work at this By Esther Rubin PhD, Research Branch This facility, supported by Chief, Research Branch Bureau of Reclamation funds, facility is not changing, the has been in existence for decision to change the name <°))))><{ Volume 1 | Issue 1 | Spring 2015 | Page 3 IN THE FIELD Recent and Upcoming AZGFD-led Activities Around the State Region I Pinetop: Region III Kingman: Region VI Mesa: • April 8-10: Upper Harden Cienega • March 9-10: McGee Creek (tributary to • March 9-10: Gap Creek and Indian Creek Creek Gila Chub translocation Trout Creek) survey surveys • April 11-13: San Francisco River survey • Week of March 16: East Ash Creek • March 16-17: Marsh Creek Green Sunfish • April 27: Lower Blue River Loach Green Sunfish mechanical removal mechanical removals Minnow and Roundtail Chub stockings • March 23-25: Stone Corral and Wilder • March 17-18: Seven Springs Wash and • Mid-April to mid-May: Willow Springs Creek surveys upper Lime Creek surveys Lake Smallmouth Bass electrofishing • March 31-April 2: Conger Creek survey • March 19: Roundtree Canyon survey removal • April 13: East Ash Creek Green Sunfish • March 19-20: Walnut Springs (Cross F • May 4-7: Chitty Creek (tributary of mechanical removal Allotment) fish and frog salvage Eagle Creek) survey • March 24: Rock Creek and Cottonwood • May 18-21: KP Creek and Grant Creek Region V Tucson: Creek surveys barrier evaluations • March 23: Bear Canyon Longfin Dace March 31: Tortilla Creek survey • May 26-28: McKittrick Creek survey collection and translocation to • April 29-29: Longfin Dace collection in Peterson Ranch Pond Ellison Creek and translocation to Dude Region II Flagstaff: • April 15-16: Slate Creek and Little Creek • March 23: Towel Creek survey Saddle Mountain Creek surveys • May 5-7: East Verde River Headwater • April 20-24: Fossil Creek hoop-netting • April 20: San Bernardino National Chub survey and collection for ARCC of the 2012 treatment reach Wildlife Refuge Yaqui Catfish salvage • May 19-20: Chase Creek survey • April 27-29: C.C. Cragin and Knoll • April 27-30: Cave Creek (Chiricahua reservoir spill surveys Mountains) survey Phoenix Headquarters: • May 12: Spring Creek (tributary of Oak • May 4-5: Sheehy Spring Gila Chub • April 20: Statewide Native Fish Creek) Spikedace and Gila Topminnow survey Conservation Team meeting, followed by stocking • May 26-28: Redfield Canyon Green AZ 6-species suckers and chubs • May 18- 22: Oak Creek electrofishing Sunfish mechanical removal Agreement and Strategy meeting survey • May 26-29: Santa Cruz River • April 23: Native and Wild Trout gartersnake surveys Conference (registration required) Desert Pupfish Find a New Home at Mesa Community College The endangered Desert Pupfish took another The fish that were released came from ponds at step towards recovery recently when over the Phoenix Zoo and Nina Mason Pulliam Rio 300 fish were released in late 2014 by the Salado Audubon Center. Both partners work to Department into a refuge pond at Mesa help propagate pupfish. Community College (MCC) Red Mountain Campus. Prior to the pupfish stocking, Longfin Dace from the MCC pond were removed and taken to the This site was recently enrolled under the Phoenix Zoo’s Arthur L. and Elaine V. Johnson Topminnow and Pupfish Safe Harbor Foundation Conservation Center as live prey for Agreement between the Department and gartersnakes being propagated at the the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Safe Conservation Center. Harbor Agreements allow non-federal landowners to directly participate in By Lynda Lambert, Public Information Officer, Information Branch and Ross Timmons, Native Fish Coordinator, recovery of endangered and threatened Nongame Wildlife Branch species by providing wild and refuge habitat Partners stock Desert Pupfish for new populations. <°))))><{ into the Red Mountain Campus outdoor pond. Photo by AZGFD. Volume 1 | Issue 1 | Spring 2015 | Page 4 BACK AT THE PONDS Arizona Game and School is in Session
Recommended publications
  • Gila Topminnow Revised Recovery Plan December 1998

    Gila Topminnow Revised Recovery Plan December 1998

    GILA TOPMINNOW, Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis, REVISED RECOVERY PLAN (Original Approval: March 15, 1984) Prepared by David A. Weedman Arizona Game and Fish Department Phoenix, Arizona for Region 2 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Albuquerque, New Mexico December 1998 Approved: Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Date: Gila Topminnow Revised Recovery Plan December 1998 DISCLAIMER Recovery plans delineate reasonable actions required to recover and protect the species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) prepares the plans, sometimes with the assistance of recovery teams, contractors, State and Federal Agencies, and others. Objectives are attained and any necessary funds made available subject to budgetary and other constraints affecting the parties involved, as well as the need to address other priorities. Time and costs provided for individual tasks are estimates only, and not to be taken as actual or budgeted expenditures. Recovery plans do not necessarily represent the views nor official positions or approval of any persons or agencies involved in the plan formulation, other than the Service. They represent the official position of the Service only after they have been signed by the Regional Director or Director as approved. Approved recovery plans are subject to modification as dictated by new findings, changes in species status, and the completion of recovery tasks. ii Gila Topminnow Revised Recovery Plan December 1998 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Original preparation of the revised Gila topminnow Recovery Plan (1994) was done by Francisco J. Abarca 1, Brian E. Bagley, Dean A. Hendrickson 1 and Jeffrey R. Simms 1. That document was modified to this current version and the work conducted by those individuals is greatly appreciated and now acknowledged.
  • Native Fish Restoration in Redrock Canyon

    Native Fish Restoration in Redrock Canyon

    U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation Final Environmental Assessment Phoenix Area Office NATIVE FISH RESTORATION IN REDROCK CANYON U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southwestern Region Coronado National Forest Santa Cruz County, Arizona June 2008 Bureau of Reclamation Finding of No Significant Impact U.S. Forest Service Finding of No Significant Impact Decision Notice INTRODUCTION In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Public Law 91-190, as amended), the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), as the lead Federal agency, and the Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD), as cooperating agencies, have issued the attached final environmental assessment (EA) to disclose the potential environmental impacts resulting from construction of a fish barrier, removal of nonnative fishes with the piscicide antimycin A and/or rotenone, and restoration of native fishes and amphibians in Redrock Canyon on the Coronado National Forest (CNF). The Proposed Action is intended to improve the recovery status of federally listed fish and amphibians (Gila chub, Gila topminnow, Chiricahua leopard frog, and Sonora tiger salamander) and maintain a healthy native fishery in Redrock Canyon consistent with the CNF Plan and ongoing Endangered Species Act (ESA), Section 7(a)(2), consultation between Reclamation and the FWS. BACKGROUND The Proposed Action is part of a larger program being implemented by Reclamation to construct a series of fish barriers within the Gila River Basin to prevent the invasion of nonnative fishes into high-priority streams occupied by imperiled native fishes. This program is mandated by a FWS biological opinion on impacts of Central Arizona Project (CAP) water transfers to the Gila River Basin (FWS 2008a).
  • Appendix a Assessment Units

    Appendix a Assessment Units

    APPENDIX A ASSESSMENT UNITS SURFACE WATER REACH DESCRIPTION REACH/LAKE NUM WATERSHED Agua Fria River 341853.9 / 1120358.6 - 341804.8 / 15070102-023 Middle Gila 1120319.2 Agua Fria River State Route 169 - Yarber Wash 15070102-031B Middle Gila Alamo 15030204-0040A Bill Williams Alum Gulch Headwaters - 312820/1104351 15050301-561A Santa Cruz Alum Gulch 312820 / 1104351 - 312917 / 1104425 15050301-561B Santa Cruz Alum Gulch 312917 / 1104425 - Sonoita Creek 15050301-561C Santa Cruz Alvord Park Lake 15060106B-0050 Middle Gila American Gulch Headwaters - No. Gila Co. WWTP 15060203-448A Verde River American Gulch No. Gila County WWTP - East Verde River 15060203-448B Verde River Apache Lake 15060106A-0070 Salt River Aravaipa Creek Aravaipa Cyn Wilderness - San Pedro River 15050203-004C San Pedro Aravaipa Creek Stowe Gulch - end Aravaipa C 15050203-004B San Pedro Arivaca Cienega 15050304-0001 Santa Cruz Arivaca Creek Headwaters - Puertocito/Alta Wash 15050304-008 Santa Cruz Arivaca Lake 15050304-0080 Santa Cruz Arnett Creek Headwaters - Queen Creek 15050100-1818 Middle Gila Arrastra Creek Headwaters - Turkey Creek 15070102-848 Middle Gila Ashurst Lake 15020015-0090 Little Colorado Aspen Creek Headwaters - Granite Creek 15060202-769 Verde River Babbit Spring Wash Headwaters - Upper Lake Mary 15020015-210 Little Colorado Babocomari River Banning Creek - San Pedro River 15050202-004 San Pedro Bannon Creek Headwaters - Granite Creek 15060202-774 Verde River Barbershop Canyon Creek Headwaters - East Clear Creek 15020008-537 Little Colorado Bartlett Lake 15060203-0110 Verde River Bear Canyon Lake 15020008-0130 Little Colorado Bear Creek Headwaters - Turkey Creek 15070102-046 Middle Gila Bear Wallow Creek N. and S. Forks Bear Wallow - Indian Res.
  • Proquest Dissertations

    Proquest Dissertations

    An ethnographic perspective on prehistoric platform mounds of the Tonto Basin, Central Arizona Item Type text; Dissertation-Reproduction (electronic) Authors Elson, Mark David, 1955- Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 10/10/2021 00:20:59 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/290644 INFORMATION TO USERS This manuscript has been reproduced from the microfihn master. UMI fihns the text directly from the orighud or copy submitted. Thus, some thesis and dissertation copies are in typewriter fiice, \^e others may be from any type of computer printer. The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleedthrough, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproduction. In the unlikely event that the author did not send UMI a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. Oversize materials (e.g., maps, drawings, charts) are reproduced by sectioning the original, b^inning at the upper left-hand comer and continuing from left to right in equal sections with small overlaps. Each original is also photographed in one exposure and is included in reduced form at the back of the book.
  • Roundtail Chub (Gila Robusta) Status Survey of the Lower Colorado River Basin

    Roundtail Chub (Gila Robusta) Status Survey of the Lower Colorado River Basin

    ROUNDTAIL CHUB (GILA ROBUSTA) STATUS SURVEY OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER BASIN Jeremy B. Voeltz, Wildlife Technician Nongame Branch, Wildlife Management Division Final Report to The Central Arizona Project Native Fish Conservation and Nonnative Aquatic Species Management and Control Program U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Ecological Services Field Office Phoenix, Arizona and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Phoenix Area Office Phoenix, Arizona Technical Report 186 Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program Program Manager: Terry B. Johnson Arizona Game and Fish Department 2221 West Greenway Road Phoenix, Arizona 85023-4399 January 2002 CIVIL RIGHTS AND DIVERSITY COMPLIANCE The Arizona Game and Fish Commission receives federal financial assistance in Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration. Under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, or disability. If you believe you have been discriminated against in any program, activity, or facility as described above, or if you desire further information please write to: Arizona Game and Fish Department Office of the Deputy Director, DOHQ 2221 West Greenway Road Phoenix, Arizona 85023-4399 and The Office for Diversity and Civil Rights U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 4040 North Fairfax Drive, Room 300 Arlington, Virginia 22203 AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT COMPLIANCE The Arizona Game and Fish Department complies with all provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
  • 371 Tonto National Forest Salt River Canyon Wilderness Area Fact Sheet

    371 Tonto National Forest Salt River Canyon Wilderness Area Fact Sheet

    371 TONTO NATIONAL FOREST SALT RIVER CANYON WILDERNESS AREA FACT SHEET The following list of required equipment is designed to promote the personal safety of all visitors and to minimize the impacts of use on the unique and valuable natural resource that we all share in the Upper Salt River Canyon Wilderness Area. Each permitted boating party must be in possession of these required items. Forest Service River Rangers will check for compliance with these requirements. A Firepan - An open metal container or tray, enclosed with rigid sides at least 3 inches high. Fire pans must be large enough to prevent a campfire and its ashes from spilling onto the ground. A Container suitable for storage and removal of all charcoal and ash generated on your trip from the river corridor. A Portable Toilet System to collect all solid human waste for proper disposal at an appropriate waste facility. All solid human waste must be carried out of the river corridor (including toilet paper and personal hygiene items). ' REMINDERS V' Group size is limited to 15 people. V' Attach a boat tag to every watercraft used. V' Possession or transportation of any part of native plants is prohibited. V' Dead and down material may be collected for use as firewood for campfires only. V' Pack out all litter: garbage, food remains, and trash (Orange peels, seed shells and cigarette butts are considered litter). V' The U.S. Coast Guard recommends use of Type III or Type V Personal Flotation Device by each person, on all watercraft. Information regarding current stream flows and snow pack relevant to the Salt River may be accessed by calling the Salt River Project at (602) 236-5929 or logging on to the websites listed below.
  • Tucson Audubon Comments Regarding Proposed Western

    Tucson Audubon Comments Regarding Proposed Western

    March 13, 2015 Via the Federal eRulemaking Portal Docket No. Attn: Docket No. FWS–R8–ES–2013–0011; 4500030114 Public Comments Processing Division of Policy and Directives Management U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Main Office 300 E. University Blvd., #120 Tucson AZ 85705 4401 N. Fairfax Drive TEL 520.629.0510 FAX 520.623.3476 MS 2042–PDM Tucson Audubon’s Mason Center 3835 W Hardy Road Arlington, VA 22203 Tucson AZ 85742 Karen Fogas Executive Director TEL 520.209.1801 Re: Proposed Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Critical Habitat Designation [email protected] Dear Director Ashe: Established in 1949, the Tucson Audubon Society (Tucson Audubon) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit conservation organization. We are the third largest local Audubon chapter in the nation and write to you on behalf of our membership in excess of 5,000 citizens. Tucson Audubon promotes the protection and stewardship of southeast Arizona’s biological diversity through the study and enjoyment of birds and the places they live. Tucson Audubon advocates statewide for the sustainability, resilience, preservation, restoration and connectivity of habitats utilized by birds and other wildlife, with special emphasis on riparian habitats and their associated uplands. Tucson Audubon Society appreciates the opportunity to respond to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) request for comments on the proposed designation of critical habitat for the federally threatened Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of the Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus occidentalis - WYBC). See: Fed. Reg. Vol 79 No. 158 50 CFR Part 17 (August 15, 2014). Due to recent staffing changes at Tucson Audubon, we submit our comments to you after the deadline stated in the Federal Register notice.
  • Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service

    Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service

    Tuesday, September 12, 2006 Part II Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 17 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants—Proposed Critical Habitat Designations; Proposed Rule VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:24 Sep 11, 2006 Jkt 208001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4717 Sfmt 4717 E:\FR\FM\12SEP2.SGM 12SEP2 sroberts on PROD1PC70 with PROPOSALS 53756 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 176 / Tuesday, September 12, 2006 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR notice of review, as it will help us in throughout all or a significant portion of monitoring changes in the status of its range, and a threatened species is Fish and Wildlife Service candidate species and in management any species which is likely to become for conserving them. We also request an endangered species within the 50 CFR Part 17 information on additional species that foreseeable future throughout all or a we should consider including as significant portion of its range. Through Endangered and Threatened Wildlife candidates as we prepare future updates the Federal rulemaking process, we add and Plants; Review of Native Species of this notice. species that meet these definitions to That Are Candidates or Proposed for This document also includes our the List of Endangered and Threatened Listing as Endangered or Threatened; findings on resubmitted petitions and Wildlife at 50 CFR 17.11 or the List of Annual Notice of Findings on describes our progress in revising the Endangered and Threatened Plants at 50 Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Lists of Endangered and Threatened CFR 17.12. As part of this program, we Description of Progress on Listing Wildlife and Plants during the period maintain a list of species that we regard Actions May 2, 2005, through August 23, 2006.
  • Biological Opinon on Proposed Grazing on the Tonto Basin, Walnut

    Biological Opinon on Proposed Grazing on the Tonto Basin, Walnut

    United States Department of the Interior U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Arizona Ecological Services Office 2321 West Royal Palm Road, Suite 103 Phoenix, Arizona 85021-4951 Telephone: (602) 242-0210 FAX: (602) 242-2513 In Reply Refer To: AESO/SE 02EAAZ00-2012-F-0423 02EAAZ00-2007-I-0221 July 24, 2014 Mr. Neil Bosworth, Forest Supervisor Tonto National Forest 2324 East McDowell Road Phoenix, Arizona 85006 Dear Mr. Bosworth: Thank you for your November 19, 2013, letter requesting formal consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1544), as amended (Act), received by our office November 22, 2013. At issue are impacts that may result from proposed grazing on the Tonto Basin, Walnut, and 7/K Allotments on the Tonto National Forest (TNF), Gila County, Arizona. You concluded the proposed action “may affect, is likely to adversely affect” the endangered southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) and requested initiation of formal consultation. All the information necessary to initiate formal consultation was received on March 2, 2014. Your have also concluded the proposed project “may affect, but is not likely to adversely affect” designated critical habitat for the southwestern willow flycatcher, the threatened Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida) and its designated critical habitat, designated critical habitat for the endangered spikedace (Meda fulgida), the proposed yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus), the proposed northern Mexican gartersnake (Thamnophis eques megalops) and its proposed critical habitat, and the proposed narrow-headed gartersnake (Thamnophis rufipunctatus) and its proposed critical habitat.
  • Arizona Bald Eagle Nest Survey: 1994

    Arizona Bald Eagle Nest Survey: 1994

    ARIZONA BALD EAGLE 1994 NEST SURVEY James T. Driscoll, Nongame Biologist Gregory L. Beatty, Bald Eagle Management Coordinator Mitch C. Siemens, Nongame Biologist Nongame Branch, Wildlife Management Division Technical Report 71 Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program Program Chief: Terry B. Johnson Arizona Game and Fish Department 2221 West Greenway Road Phoenix, Arizona 85023-4312 June 1995 RECOMMENDED CITATION Driscoll J.T., G.L. Beatty and M.C. Siemens. 1995. Arizona bald eagle 1994 nest survey. Nongame Endangered Wildlife Program Technical Report 71. Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, Arizona. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors thank the following agencies and individuals for assistance in this project: Henry Messing, Ken Kloppel and Mark Santee, Bureau of Reclamation: Teah Nobel and Doug Blakely, Salt River Project: Bob Hall, Bureau of Land Management: Tim Tibbitts and Tom Gatz, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Jeff Feen and Gloria Notah, San Carlos Apache Game and Fish Department; Darrel Declay, John Caid, and Joe Jojola, White Mountain Apache Game and Fish Department; Manny Garcia, Jim Swan, and Jerry Clifton of KTVK-Channel 3; and Laurie Ward, Dale Ward, Rich Glinski, Susan Sferra and Terry Johnson, Arizona Game and Fish Department. PROJECT FUNDING Funding for this project was provided by: Arizona's Nongame Wildlife Checkoff; the Arizona Game and Fish Department Heritage Fund; Project W-95-M (Jobs 1 and 4), under the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (Pittman-Robertson Act); a contract with U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Agreement Modification Number 10: 7-FC-32-00090); and Salt River Project. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 1 Survey Area ...............................................................................................................................................

  • Draft Environmental Assessment: Designation of Critical Habitat For

    DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL HABITAT FOR THE SPIKEDACE (Meda fulgida) AND THE LOACH MINNOW (Tiaroga [=Rhinichthys] cobitis) Prepared by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Arizona Ecological Services Field Office Phoenix, Arizona December 1999 Environmental Assessment - Spikedace and Loach Minnow Critical Habitat, December 1999 draft TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 Purpose .............................................................4 1.1 Need for the Action ..............................................4 1.2 Background ....................................................4 Spikedace ......................................................4 Loach Minnow ..................................................3 Reasons for the Decline of Spikedace and Loach Minnow .................4 1.3 Boundaries and Elements of Critical Habitat ...........................5 2.0 Description of Alternatives ..............................................6 2.1 No Action Alternative. ............................................6 2.2 Designation Identical to the 1994 Final Rules. ..........................6 2.3 Designation of Additional Areas. ....................................6 2.4 Deletion of Portions of Critical Habitat. ...............................7 2.5 Action Alternative: ...............................................7 Spikedace: Geographic Area of Critical Habitat .........................8 Loach Minnow: Geographic Area of Critical Habitat ....................13 Spikedace - Primary Constituent Elements of Critical Habitat .............19 Loach
  • IN the CURRENT AZGFD Aquatic Species Conservation

    IN the CURRENT AZGFD Aquatic Species Conservation

    Volume 2 | Issue 1 | April 2016 AZGFD Native Aquatic Species Conservation AZGFD Rapid Response Rotenone Treatment in a Colorado River SloughIN THE Aquatic Species Every year, typically during the Inside this issue: summer months, the Arizona Game Conservation CURRENT#TRENDINGNOW ................. 2 and Fish Department’s Colorado River ResearchLead Story staff Headline conducts surveys Native and Wild Trout Workshop .............................. 2 in multiple locations throughout Lees Ferry in Thisan storyeffort can to fitdetect 175- 225rare product or requesting newsletter and its length. Potential Stocking Sites for Gila Topminnow and Gila Chub ... 2 nonnativewords. species. The objective of your service. It’s recommended that these surveys is to identify potential you publish your news- IN THE FIELD ........................ 3 threats toThe the purpose downstream of a news- native You can compile a mail- letter at least quarterly letter is to provide spe- ing list from business InsideRecent this andissue: Upcoming AZGFD- fish community in Grand Canyon, so that it’s considered a led Activities ........................... 3 cialized information to a reply cards, customer consisting of Humpback Chub, consistent source of in- targeted audience. News- information sheets, busi- The Use of Snorkeling as a Flannelmouth Sucker, Bluehead Above: Shaula Hedwall (FWS) and Scott Rogersformation. (AGFD) applying Your potassium custom- permanganate Technique to Evaluate Conser- letters can be a great way nessto neutralize cards rotenone collected in the Slough.at Sucker, and Speckled Dace. During ers or employees will Insidevation Story………………… Actions ....................... 2 3 to market your product trade shows, or member- most years, several nonnative and coordination with stakeholders.look November forward to5th its, neutralizationarri- of or service, and also cre- ship lists.