Project Grant F21AP03548

The Arizona Game and Fish Department received a $320,064 project grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2. The grant was awarded on July 28, 2021 under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.615) to support Mexican wolf recovery implementation activities in Arizona through June 30, 2022. As the official state agency for wildlife management, the Arizona Game and Fish Department will leverage the federal funding to conduct on-the-ground species recovery efforts for the endangered Mexican gray wolf in the state, consistent with the goals of the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund to promote conservation of threatened and endangered species.