The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has awarded a $238,550 Cooperative Agreement to the Arizona Department of Game and Fish (AZGFD) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808). The purpose of this Cooperative Agreement is to monitor the status and trends of the fish community downstream of Glen Canyon Dam along the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon area. The main objectives are to: 1) Estimate the relative abundance and distribution of key fish species like rainbow trout,...
The Arizona Game and Fish Department will receive $690,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608). The funding will support Phase 3 of a project to reconnect the West Fork Black River to its tributaries of Hayground, Home, and Stinky Creeks in Arizona. Phase 3 involves implementing the removal of four artificial fish barriers located in the...
The U.S. Geological Survey, through its Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808), awarded a $238,550 cooperative agreement to the Arizona Department of Game and Fish for the project "Status and Trends of Fish Community Downstream of Glen Canyon Dam FY21." This two-year cooperative agreement, awarded March 4, 2021 and set to be completed by December 31, 2022, will support research on the classification and examination of fish populations below Glen Canyon Dam. As part of...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $121,007 Project Grant under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (CFDA 15.608) program to the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD). The funding will allow AZGFD to maintain critical staffing and supplies to continue implementing the goals of the Arizona Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan. Key activities include: Maintaining existing partnerships and building new relationships with government agencies, private...
The Arizona Department of Game and Fish received a $6.56 million Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 for hatchery operations and sport fish management in Arizona from September 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. The funding supports activities under the Sport Fish Restoration federal grant program (CFDA #15.605), which aims to restore, conserve, manage and enhance sport fish populations for public use and benefit. Specifically, the award funds...
The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 awarded a $266,667 Project Grant on July 1, 2023 to the Arizona Department of Game and Fish (AZGFD) under the Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act (CFDA 15.622) program. The purpose of this award is to fund improvements to boating infrastructure at Apache Lake and Lake Mead in Arizona. Key project components include: Construction of a wave attenuator to protect existing fuel pumps, transient slips, and other marina...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $180,000 Project Grant under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Arizona Department of Game and Fish (AZGFD) to restore Apache trout habitat along the South Fork Little Colorado River. The project aims to improve habitat conditions and eliminate a temperature and habitat barrier that currently prevents Apache trout from accessing 5.5 miles of downstream river habitat. This will be achieved through process-based habitat restoration...
This $120,000 Project Grant was awarded on August 1, 2023 by the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560). The grant supports the Gila River Basin Native Fishes Conservation Program, which aims to conserve and recover native fish species in the Gila River Basin through genetic analysis and population assessment work. Specifically, the grant funds three tasks to be performed by Texas A&M AgriLife Research: 1)...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $113,443.76 Project Grant to the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) under the FWS State and Interstate Aquatic Nuisance Species Management Plan Grant Program (CFDA 15.608) to maintain critical staffing and supplies for implementing the goals of the Arizona Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan (AZAISMP). This funding will allow AZGFD to maintain existing partnerships and build new relationships with government agencies, private...
This federal Project Grant award of $150,000.00 from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation will create and improve wetland habitat and native fish habitat at a site in Colorado. The funding will be used to construct shallow wetland habitat, install water control infrastructure, and reengineer a riverbank cut to enhance nursery habitat for native endemic fish. This project is funded under the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Endangered Fish Recovery program (CFDA 15.529),...