Annually several hundred thousand anglers hunters and recreational shooters fish hunt boat and shoot in arizona

IT is essential to conserve manage and enhance the quality and availability of sport fish and wildlife and their habits in order to provide quality sport fishing and hunting opportunities and to disseminate information about arizona sport fish and wildlife resources and recreational opportunities. The arizona comprehensive management system grant activities are conducted statewide and tier to azgfd strategic and operational plans and are evaluated annually to ensure the grant is performing as anticipated. The grant funds the operation and maintenance of sport fish hatcheries and the stocking of 380000 pounds of sport fish primarily trout largemouth bass and catfish in more than 100 arizona streams and lakes that are managed to provide diverse warm and cold water fishing opportunities. Sport fish habitat restoration fisheries disease surveillance and water quality monitoring activities support management efforts to provide diverse warm and cold water sport fishing recreation demand estimated at 65 million angler days annually. In addition boater access is evaluated and operations and maintenance conducted to ensure reasonable and quality access is available to boating recreationists.wildlife and wildlife habitat conservation activities that support wildlife recreation and management includeextensive wildlife disease surveillance.game and nongame species population surveys and enhancements.partnering with private and public landowners to conserve protect and monitor lands and provide recreational access.maintaining and enhancing relationships with land managers and conservation partners to improve wildlife habitat at a variety of scales throughout arizona. Subrecipients include turkey federation AZ ELK society mule deer foundation and southern wings among others.sustaining wildlife habitats on public and private lands by restoring habitats using various management tools. For example grassland restoration forest thinning or burning fencing riparian restoration water developments and collaborative conservation approaches such as land use agreements and water right use to protect habitat for wildlife and wildlife related recreation.