Arizona department of game and fish provide the marine corps air station yuma and the luke air force base with increased water supply and foraging opportunity for sonoran pronghorn (antilocapra…

This Cooperative Agreement award by the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) provides the Arizona Department of Game and Fish (AZGFD) with $368,307 to support wildlife conservation and environmental research activities in Arizona. The key products and services to be delivered include:

Providing increased water supply and foraging opportunities for the endangered Sonoran pronghorn and desert bighorn sheep populations at the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma and Luke Air Force Base. The project will also collect status and distribution data for small mammal and reptile species, including the Yuma fringe-toed lizard, at the Barry M. Goldwater Range to support a species status assessment and potential listing decision in Fiscal Year 2028. AZGFD, as the state wildlife management agency, will leverage its expertise and partnerships to execute these conservation and research activities over the 3-year award period from September 2024 to September 2027.

Arizona department of game and fish provide the marine corps air station yuma and the luke air force base with increased water supply and foraging opportunity for sonoran pronghorn (antilocapra americana sonoriensis) and desert bighorn sheep (ovis canadensis nelsoni), as well as providing status and distributional data for multiple small mammal and reptile species at barry m. Goldwater range (bmgr) including yuma fringe-toed lizard (UMA rufopunctata) for a federal fiscal year 2028 (FY28) species status assessment and listing decision.