Waders in the Water – Native Fish Sampling at Aravaipa Creek In November 2017, as the field season is winding down and the weather turns brisk, staff from the Department and The Nature Conservancy sampled for native fish in Aravaipa… Continue Reading →
A Day in the Field – Stocking Gila Trout into the West Fork Oak Creek With the help of Coconino National Forest personnel and 26 volunteers from Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, and the Federation of Fly Fishers, the… Continue Reading →
The Apache Trout (Oncorhynchus apache) is native to streams in the Black, White, and Little Colorado rivers in Arizona and is currently listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Populations have fluctuated over time, with declines caused by many… Continue Reading →
A Day in the Field – Native Fish Surveys in Hot Springs Canyon In September 2017, staff from the Department, Bureau of Reclamation, and The Nature Conservancy conducted a native fish survey at Hot Springs Canyon in the San Pedro River… Continue Reading →
A Day in the Field – Gila Trout on the Landscape at Dude Creek On October 10, 2017, Department staff, along with personnel from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Mora National Fish Hatchery, Tonto National Forest, and Trout Unlimited, stocked… Continue Reading →
Sterling Springs Hatchery recently added a new species to their production – native Gila Trout. Sixty-five thousand Gila Trout eggs arrived at the hatchery in spring 2017 from Mora National Fish Hatchery in New Mexico. Staff at Sterling Springs have carefully been… Continue Reading →
A Day in the Field – Gila Trout Survey in Grapevine Creek A recent survey was conducted in Grapevine Creek, on the Prescott National Forest, to evaluate the habitat condition and status of the Gila Trout population following the Goodwin… Continue Reading →
Common Name: Beautiful Shiner; Yaqui Shiner Scientific Name: Cyprinella formosa Appearance: Length up to 3.5 in. Body compressed, its depth about same as length of head. Snout relatively pointed. Mouth oblique. Lateral line slightly decurved. Nonbreeding coloration similar to that… Continue Reading →
Waders in the Water – Native Fish Sampling in the Upper Blue River During September 2017, the upper Blue River was monitored for Roundtail Chub. Chub from the Eagle Creek lineage were originally stocked into the upper Blue River in 2016, and… Continue Reading →
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