Arizona Game and Fish Department
2005-2006 Annual Report

Director’s Message
The 2005-2006 fiscal year was an extraordinary year for the department,
including major milestones reached and goals surpassed.
The Arizona Legislature passed several new laws increasing the
conservation impact and funding sustainability of the department. New
legislation allows for hunting and fishing license and tag fee increases,
as well as greater poaching penalties for the illegal taking of the state’s
wildlife. The new fee increases, which sportsmen themselves helped us
pass, create additional revenue to help expand and improve department
programs. A new wildlife-feeding law gives us another tool to help reduce
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human-wildlife conflicts, which is important as urban interface boundaries
continue to move outward into more rural areas with Arizona’s tremendous growth.
Hunters demonstrated their strong support of the first-ever Big Game Super Raffle, with more
than a half-million dollars raised for wildlife management. We set the bar higher for next year and
hope to double the amount raised to expand our big game conservation programs. Hunters can
also again enjoy the convenience of the department’s improved online hunt application system.
Several department research projects continue to evaluate habitat linkages and the impact the
state’s growth has on wildlife movement. The collected data will be considered in future highway
development with partners such as the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and will
help protect important wildlife movement corridors that are necessary for maintaining healthy
wildlife populations.
Arizona’s youth teams had a strong showing at the national competition for the Scholastic Clay
Target Program (SCTP), winning a national title and several more top titles. This program has
experienced significant growth and is now one of the largest state SCTP programs.
The department and its employees again received the recognition of organizations around the
country for their hard work and unwavering dedication to protect the state’s resources, and
provide education and outreach to the community. Notably, the Fish Arizona! campaign to
increase fishing license sales continued its success and was recognized with a Governor’s
tourism award.
Our gratitude goes to our friends and partners for helping make these accomplishments possible.
We would not be able to reach the same level of success without your support. The coming year is
sure to bring new challenges and opportunities for the Arizona Game and Fish Department, and
we look forward to continuing the efforts with you to conserve and protect the state’s wildlife.

Accomplishments
Fish Arizona!
The Fish Arizona! media and marketing
campaign entered the second year of
a three-year run designed to promote
interest in fishing and reverse
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a decade-long decline in
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azgfd.gov fishing license sales. The
campaign, an agency-wide
effort combining paid
promotions, earned
media and person-toperson communication
activities, was a big success.
Fishing license sales increased more than 20
percent from June through the end of 2005
compared to the same period the previous
year. The Governor recognized the campaign
with the Innovative Promotions Award,
presented during the Arizona Governor’s
Conference on Tourism.

SCTP Doubles in Size
Arizona’s Scholastic Clay Target Program
(SCTP) finished a successful second season
with the conclusion of the Commissioners’ Cup
state championships in late March and April.
Competitions were held in trap, skeet and
sporting clays at three separate venues, and
participation in the championships increased
more than 30 percent over the previous year.
Overall, more than 800 kids participated in
Arizona’s SCTP, making it one of the largest
state SCTP programs in the country. Arizona
teams went on to capture one national title,
two second-place finishes and a third place at
the national SCTP championships held in New
York and Illinois. Two “fun shoot” fundraiser
competitions provided financial assistance to
the teams.

Arizona Big Game Super Raffle
Hunters enjoyed a new big game super raffle,
offering a chance for a unique year-round
big game hunt in Arizona. A consortium
of conservation groups banded together
to raffle the special tags set aside by the
Arizona Game and Fish Commission. The nine
tags, one for each Arizona big game species,
raised more than a half-million dollars for
wildlife conservation. All monies benefit the

Arizona Game and Fish Department’s efforts
to oversee the big game species for which the
raffle was held. Tickets ranged from $5 to $25
per species or $110 for one of each species,
plus an optics package.

More than 135,000
hunters purchases
licenses in 2005 and
spent more than
$126 million in
retail sales.

Hunt Season Changes
The Arizona Game and Fish Commission and
Department adopted a number of changes to
the big game hunt seasons. Changes include
the addition of javelina hunts for the fall; the
application of bonus and loyalty points to
javelina, turkey and bear; a requirement for
hunters to physically check-in for bear and
mountain lion kills; new age requirements for
youths applying for a hunt; amendments to
unit numbers and boundaries; and a change
so the 20-percent bonus point pass now
applies to bighorn sheep, buffalo, antelope,
bear, deer, elk, javelina and turkey.

Shooting Showcase
The department’s Shooting Showcase
attracted more than 5,000 people, five
times the turnout of the inaugural event
held the prior year. The event, held at the
Ben Avery Shooting Facility in north Phoenix,
offered the public
the opportunity
to experience
shooting sports in
a safe, controlled
environment. Various
manufacturers
were on hand to let
people try out the

More than 5,000
people attended
the Department’s
Shooting Showcase.

latest firearms on the small-bore range.
Local shooting organizations provided
demonstrations and hands-on opportunities
to try specialty disciplines, such as cowboy
action shooting, rifle and pistol silhouette,
black powder and archery. Workshops on
hunting, fishing, Arizona wildlife and other
topics were held. Offerings also included
displays by nonprofit organizations,
commercial interests and more than 15
work units of the Arizona Game and Fish
Department.

CWD Monitoring
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) monitoring
continued with nearly 2,500 hunter-harvested
deer and elk testing negative from the fall
2005 hunt season. The department has
tested more than 6,000 deer and elk since
beginning its surveillance program in 1998.
The department asks hunters for assistance
each year in donating deer and elk heads that
can be sampled for the disease. Hunters who
donate samples are notified of the test results
within six to eight weeks. The Arizona Game
and Fish Department continues to coordinate
with other state and federal agencies to
monitor for CWD.

New Legislation
The department worked with the Arizona
Legislature on several bills of importance to
A classification
maintenance
review and equity
adjustment helped
to increase the pay
for Game and Fish
employees.

hunters. A new hunter harassment law was
passed, making it illegal to intentionally
interfere with lawful hunting activity. It
specifically lists eight violations. Another
law addresses an increase in fines for the
illegal taking of wildlife. The Arizona Game
and Fish Commission can now permanently
revoke, or suspend for a period of five years
or more, a person’s hunting privileges for
repeat violations, unlawful taking of trophy
or endangered species, or taking three times
the established limit. A schedule of fines and
license revocations was created based on
the number of convictions an individual has
for unlawful taking or wounding of wildlife.
A new wildlife-feeding law also took effect
in Maricopa and Pima counties. It aims to
help prevent human-wildlife conflicts by
making it illegal to intentionally, knowingly
or recklessly feed wildlife. Feeding wildlife
encourages the animals to stick around urban
areas and sometimes become aggressive. The
law does not affect people feeding birds and
tree squirrels.

Game and Fish Employee Pay Raises
Thanks in part to a state budget surplus, the
Arizona Legislature approved an across-theboard salary increase for all state workers.
The department also worked with the Arizona
Department of Administration to obtain a
classification maintenance review and equity

adjustments for wildlife series personnel.
These adjustments make significant strides
toward obtaining a more equitable pay scale
for Game and Fish employees.

Conservation
Arizona’s Bald Eagles
With the 2006 breeding season over,
Arizona celebrated what turned out to be an
incredible year for the state’s bald eagles.
Department biologists confirmed a record
number of eagle breeding areas in the state,
as well as a tie with the previous year for a
record number of eaglets that lived to fledge,
or begin flying, in the state. Forty-two eagle
nestlings fledged in 2006, and biologists also
found three new bald eagle breeding areas,
for a record total of 50.

Habitat Linkages
Several projects related to studying and
mapping wildlife movement and corridors
for habitat connectivity continue in the
department. Research and habitat personnel
captured a limited number of bighorn
sheep in northwestern Arizona and fit them
with radio tracking collars to monitor their
movements. The collected data will be used
to work with the Arizona Department of
Transportation (ADOT) in the planning and
design of crossings for the Highway 93 and
Highway 68 expansion projects. A similar
project is underway between the department,
ADOT and the Federal Highway Administration
to monitor elk movements around I-17 near
Flagstaff. The study will provide data on
key areas used by elk to cross the highway,
particularly during spring and fall migrations.
Researchers will use data to develop crossing
features and fencing to minimize the rate of
elk-vehicle collisions. The department is also
an active participant in the Arizona Wildlife
Linkages Workgroup, which identifies and
maps areas of connectivity in an assessment
document available to planners and
engineers statewide.

Burrowing Owls Relocation
The department continues to conduct
a research study to determine the best
designs and locations of artificial burrows

for relocating burrowing owls from land
earmarked for development. The project will
help protect burrowing owls, while allowing
developers to proceed with their projects
without construction delays. Burrowing
owls live underground and are considered
a “species of concern” in Arizona. They are
listed as a “threatened” species elsewhere.
Project collaborators include the Arizona
Game and Fish Department, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and a volunteer, nonprofit
organization called Wild at Heart. Wild at
Heart and other project cooperators have
already removed hundreds of burrowing owls
from development sites, quarantined and
then relocated them to artificial burrows.

It was a record year
for breeding bald
eagles in Arizona.

Ensuring Water for Wildlife
With the ongoing drought in Arizona, the
department collaborated with sportsmen’s
The Department
worked with
sportsmen’s
groups on wildlife
water projects.

groups, government agencies and other
volunteers on a variety of water catchment
projects to ensure water access for wildlife.
New or redevelopment projects were
completed in the White Tank Mountains west
of Phoenix, the Palomas Mountains east of
Yuma and the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife
Refuge in southwestern Arizona.

released in the Santa Rita Mountains, Pinaleno
Mountains and Santa Catalina Mountains,
marking the first such release in the Santa
Catalinas. Approximately 700-800 Gould’s
turkeys live in Arizona, 300 of them in the
Huachuca Mountains, where limited hunting
is permitted. Partners on the project include
the Arizona Game and Fish Department, the
National Wild Turkey Federation, the USDA
Forest Service, and the Mexican government,
as well as volunteers and landowners on both
sides of the border.

Mountain Lion Tracking

The condor recovery
project continues to
make progress.

Endangered Condors Released
More than 200 members of the public
gathered at an observation point in northern
Arizona to witness a unique event that takes
place just once every spring. Six endangered
California condors were released at the
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument. The
event was part of the condor reintroduction
project, which is trying to bring the birds
back from the brink of extinction. In 1982,
only 22 California condors remained in the
world. The birds were captured in an effort to
breed and save the species. Captive-reared
condors are now periodically released at sites
in California, Mexico and at the Vermilion
Cliffs in Arizona. Nearly 300 condors now
exist in the world. The condor reintroduction
in Arizona is a cooperative effort between
the Arizona Game and Fish Department, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, The Peregrine Fund,
Bureau of Land Management, National Park
Service, Kaibab National Forest and Utah
Division of Wildlife Resources.

Gould’s Turkeys Rally
The international cooperative effort to reestablish Gould’s turkeys in Arizona continues
to meet with success. During winter and
spring of 2005, 88 Gould’s turkeys were
captured in Zacatecs, Mexico. They were

A mountain lion tracking study initiated in
2005 continues to collect a considerable
amount of data on lion movements, habitat
preferences and behaviors around three
urban areas. The project involves capturing
a limited number of mountain lions in the
Tucson, Prescott and Payson areas and fitting
them with GPS-tracking collars. The data
helps researchers understand mountain lion
activity in and around urban areas.

Endangered Pupfish Get New Home
Endangered desert pupfish flew to new
homes this spring, courtesy of biologists’
hard work and rides in coolers dangling from
a huge net beneath a helicopter. University
of Arizona students began the collaborative
effort by netting approximately 400 desert
pupfish from The Nature Conservancy
pond and transferring them to Bureau of
Reclamation pilots, who transported them
by helicopter to an area near Lousy and Larry
canyons in the Agua Fria National Monument.
Biologists from the Arizona Game and Fish
Department, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
and Arizona Bureau of Land Management
hiked in to meet the helicopter and move
the endangered fish from the coolers into
buckets for a short trip to areas where they
will thrive. The desert pupfish only lives in
Arizona, southern California and northern
Mexico. The department and its conservation
partners conducted the relocation in an
attempt to create new populations of desert
pupfish in areas of the range where they were
once plentiful.

Education
Online Bat Activities
A new series of educational activities on bats
joins the “Focus: WILD Arizona” environmental
education program. The activities, designed
to dispel myths and encourage bat
conservation, aim to provide Arizonans with
information about how to better coexist with
bats and other urban wildlife in our state. The
“Focus: WILD Arizona” program also recently
added a new study unit on the reintroduction
of Mexican wolves into Arizona. “Focus:
WILD Arizona” offers the state’s teachers and
students a suite of lessons available online
or by CD. The lessons focus on wildlife and
are calibrated to the Arizona Department
of Education’s academic standards and the
North American Association for Environmental
Education’s “Guidelines for Excellence.” Other
educational efforts by department staff
have included presentation of the “Wildlife
Adaptations” program to more than 4,000
fourth-grade students in schools throughout
Arizona.

Landowner Relations
The department’s Landowner Relations
Program continues to work with ranchers on
cooperative projects that mutually benefit
the landowner and the department’s wildlife
management efforts, and also help maintain
access for the public. One component of
the program uses department equipment
to grade roads on ranches in exchange for
access to those private lands for recreational
activities or access to public lands that may
only be reached through private property.
Another part of the program, the Adopt-ARanch Program, completed several projects
during the past year. Under the Adopt-ARanch Program, sportsmen’s groups, Boy
Scouts, off-highway vehicle clubs and other
groups perform periodic maintenance,
such as rebuilding fences, picking up trash
or helping with various ranch projects, in
exchange for guaranteeing recreational
access to the public.

New Trail Map
A new department-produced field guide
called “White Mountains Wildlife Trails”

helps outdoors enthusiasts and their families
map out fun trips to enjoy nature in eastern
Arizona. The free guide comes complete with
a map and descriptions of several prime
areas where the public can view a variety
of animals. The guide gives
directions to local wildlifeviewing spots and information
about how to best navigate
through them. Some sites have
hiking trails, while others are
driving loops of longer mileage.
The guide also provides
information on what types of
facilities, such as restrooms,
campsites, picnic areas and
parking, are available at each
location. A comprehensive description of
what types of animals can be found in each
spot, from elk or Rocky Mountain bighorn
sheep to hawks, wild turkeys and songbirds,
is also included in the guide.

Fishing Clinics
Eight department-sponsored events
held across the state on Free Fishing Day
gave anglers of all experience levels the
opportunity to fish state waters without
a license. The department provided
loaner rods, reels and tackle at the events,
along with free instruction from staff and
volunteers. The department sent out a
news release and notices in its electronic
publications to promote Free Fishing Day.

The Department’s
Sport Fishing
Program provides
the opportunity for
everyone to learn
how to fish.

The new “White
Mountains Wildlife
Trails” guide.

The Department
urges boaters to
participate in a
boating education
course.

Outreach
Avian Influenza
The department worked closely with the
Governor’s office and other state agencies
on planning for potential outbreaks of bird
flu. The department continues to monitor
and test wild birds, in cooperation with the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. As part of its
continuing bird flu planning and education
efforts, the department created a fact sheet
for its customer service representatives; a
customer handout about the Asian strain of
highly pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza; an
information section on the department’s Web
site; and video footage for media outlets for
use in informing the public.

Drought and Wildlife
In response to a continuing 10-year drought
in Arizona, the department ramped up its
efforts to educate the public on the impact
of drought on wildlife, particularly the
possibility of wildlife coming into outlying
urban areas seeking food and water.
Department experts conveyed helpful tips
to the media and public on ways to keep
wild animals from becoming habituated to
humans, such as removing attractants and
not feeding wildlife.

Boating Safety
With more recreational boaters taking to the
water this year, the department disseminated
boating safety messages through the news
media and participation in community

events. The department collaborated with
several other state and federal agencies
to support the Lake Mead Safe Boating
Partnership’s first “Safe Boating Day” in
Boulder City, Nevada. The event promoted
safe boating practices at Lake Mead and Lake
Mohave and included life jacket instruction
and boating safety demonstrations. The
department also partnered with other
agencies on the Tri-State Boating Fair in
Bullhead City, Arizona. Visitors learned about
state laws that govern use of the Colorado
River, and about boating dangers, such as
excessive speed, alcohol abuse on the water
and carbon monoxide poisoning.

Golden Algae
The department continued monitoring and
responding to blooms of golden algae in
some of the urban lakes and central Arizona
reservoirs. Catfish stockings at a couple
of urban lakes were suspended until the
department could work with municipal
officials to control the algae through the use
of algaecides. The department disseminated
information to the public on steps they can
take to help keep golden algae and other
aquatic nuisances from spreading. Such steps
include eliminating water from your boat
(especially live wells) before leaving the lake,
and cleaning and drying anything that comes
into contact with water. Golden algae does
not harm humans, but it does adversely affect
fish and can lead to fish kills.

New Online Tool
A new online tool that shows if a proposed
development project in Arizona could affect
threatened or endangered animals and plants
was developed by the Arizona Game and Fish
Department. The free, Web-based Arizona
Online Environmental Review generates a list
of special-status species potentially affected
within a project area, a process that used to
take weeks, but now takes only minutes.

Events
The department conducted numerous nature
workshops, wildlife fairs, fishing clinics and
youth hunt activities, and was an exhibitor
at many outdoor recreation trade shows
and community fairs. Events at which the
department had a significant presence
include the Arizona State Fair, International
Sportsmen’s Exposition, Arizona Outdoor
Recreation Expo, Tres Rios Nature Festival,
Wings Over Willcox, White Mountains
Hummingbird Banding Workshop, Kingman
Wildlife Fair, Parker Take a Kid Fishing Clinic,
Flagstaff and Pinetop Bald Eagle Workshops,
Black Mountains Bighorn Sheep Workshop,
Mesa School District Challenged Children’s
Fishing Clinic, Tri-State Boating Safety
Fair, and Verde Valley Birding and Nature
Festival. The department also hosted Arizona
legislators and their staffs at the Arizona
Game and Fish Legislative Day, where more

than a dozen booths and activities were
presented on the state Capitol grounds.

Informational Materials
The department produced hunting, fishing
and urban fishing regulation booklets, as
well as several new and revised brochures:
Living with Javelina; Adobe Mountain Wildlife
Center Living in Lion Country Safety Tips; Bats
of Arizona; Alamo Wildlife Area; Sipe White
Mountain Wildlife Area Trail Guide; and Sport
Fish of Arizona.

Grants
Boating Grants
Five funding grants totaling more than
$620,000 were awarded by the department
for projects across Arizona to improve
boating access facilities. Individual projects
on the Colorado River, Lake Havasu,
Saguaro Lake and Roosevelt Lake will be
implemented over the next two years
by various land management and local
government agencies. The Federal Aid in
Sport Fish Restoration program provides the
grant funding, with revenues collected from
federal excise taxes and import duties on
sport fishing equipment, motorboat fuel, and
pleasure boats and yachts. The grant funds
include a 25-percent match of non-federal
funds from the department.

The Department
partnered with
Arizona State
University to
produce “A
Field Guide to
Amphibians
and Reptiles
in Arizona”.

The Department’s
Scholastic Clay
Target Program
continues to be
popular with youth.

to help better ensure the safety of both
humans and six to 12 animal species that
live within 5 miles of incorporated cities in
Arizona.
4. Work on the first phase of a University of
Arizona study about bobcats living and
moving around on the urban edges of the
Tucson area.
5. Development of an outreach program
to involve Native American communities
and schools in wildlife observation and
education, in conjunction with an existing
environmental education program run by
Northern Arizona University.
Planning continued
for the construction
of the Department’s
new headquarters
building at the Ben
Avery Shooting
Facility. Construction
is scheduled to begin
in 2007.

Heritage Grants
More than $645,000 of Heritage Fund grant
money was awarded by the department to
22 projects, mostly research and education
projects that benefit wildlife and the people
of Arizona. When combined with matching
money from other sources, the projects being
funded total more than $1.2 million invested
in Arizona. Heritage Fund money comes from
lottery ticket sales. Among the projects that
won Heritage grants in 2006 are:
1. Creation and distribution of a color brochure
with a map by Pima County Natural
Resources to help the public better enjoy
Tucson Mountain Park, the largest natural
resource park in Pima County.
2. Construction of an aluminum pier at Betty’s
Kitchen Wildlife and Interpretive Area by
the Bureau of Land Management to improve
public access to wildlife viewing and fishing
in the recreational area near Yuma.
3. Design of various wildlife movement
corridors by Northern Arizona University

The Department’s
off-highway vehicle
program urges
riders to stay on
roads and trails.

Department and
Personnel Awards
Employees
• Director Duane Shroufe was presented the
Thomas E. McCullough Memorial Award
by the Arizona Wildlife Federation to
recognize his professional conservation
efforts that go above and beyond his
normal duties. Shroufe also received the
2006 Distinguished Service Award from the
Wildlife Management Institute. The award
honors his substantial contributions to
conservation of the continent’s wildlife and
habitats. In addition, he was presented with
the International Canvasback Award from
the North American Waterfowl Management
Plan for making major contributions
to wetland conservation on national,
international and state levels.
• Francisco Abarca, international and
borderlands projects manager, received the
prestigious 2006 National Wetlands Award
from the Environmental Law Institute and
five government agencies, for his decade
of work in promoting the importance of
wetlands and waterfowl as international
resources in the United States, Mexico and
Canada. The Government of Mexico also
recognized Abarca’s efforts by giving him
the 2006 Wetlands Conservation Award.
• Brian Wakeling, big game supervisor,
received the prestigious Henry S. Mosby
Award from the National Wild Turkey
Federation for his dedication to research,

management and restoration of wild
turkeys, including helping to spearhead
Arizona’s Gould’s turkey reintroduction
program.

Department
employees received
wide recognition for
their efforts.

• Dave Weedman, aquatic habitat program
coordinator, received the 2005 Professional
of the Year Award from the Arizona/New
Mexico chapter of the American Fisheries
Society in recognition of his work on the
Fossil Creek restoration project.
• Gerry Perry, Tucson regional supervisor, was
named Arizona Wildlife Law Enforcement
Officer of the Year by the National Wild
Turkey Federation.
• Shawn Wagner, wildlife manager in the
Pinetop region, received the Shikar Safari
Club International Wildlife Officer of the
Year Award for Arizona.

Department
• “Arizona Wildlife Views” magazine
received an Award of Excellence in The
Communicators Awards competition,
placing it among the top publications in
the government magazine category in this
international competition. The magazine
also won two Awards of Distinction in the
design and feature story categories.
• “Arizona Wildlife Views,” the department’s
PBS wildlife television show, again won
awards from various organizations for
outstanding television programs, including:
three Emmy Awards; four Telly Awards; and
five Excellence in Craft Awards from the
Outdoor Writers Association of America
(OWAA). The show’s producers are Carol
Lynde and Gary Schafer.

Relocation of wildlife to increase populations
continues to be a priority for the Department.

• Two Arizona Game and Fish Department
public relations campaigns won top awards
from the Public Relations Society of America,
the most prominent pubic relations
professional society in the country. The
mountain lion awareness campaign and the
Fish Arizona! campaign each won the top
award, the Copper Anvil, from the Phoenix
chapter in their respective categories. The
department competed against the largest
private public relations firms, nonprofit
groups and other governmental agencies
from the Phoenix area.
• The Association for Conservation Information
(ACI) recognized the department’s
communication efforts with five national
awards this year. Arizona Game and Fish
received awards for: its
“Focus WILD Arizona”
environmental education
program; the department’s
mountain lion awareness
campaign; the “Arizona
Breeding Bird Atlas;” the
Arizona Game and Fish
Department Heritage Fund
brochure; and the “Bats of
Arizona” poster.

The Focus
Wildlife Arizona
newsletter informs
educators about
the Department’s
environmental
education program.

Financial Statement
Fiscal Year Revenues by Fund

2004–05 2005–06

Game and Fish Fund ...........................................$20,570,249....$22,330,234
Watercraft Licensing Fund...................................... 2,390,159.......4,517,064
Game, Nongame Fund................................................179,595........220,009
Federal Assistance (Includes Matching Funds)...... 24,142,309..... 22,575,435
Heritage Fund.........................................................10,742,145... 10,460,496
Off-highway Vehicle Fund........................................1,014,652.........852,001
Capital Improvement/Conservation Dev. Funds............. 841,716...... 1,033,402
Wildlife Conservation Fund....................................4,564,680........ 5,847,115
Indirect Cost Fund....................................................1,645,201.......1,025,959
Other Funds (See Detail Below)................................ 3,841,293...... 3,589,349
Total Revenue All Sources....................................$69,931,999...$72,451,064
Other Funds Detail

Calendar Year Sales in Numbers by Group

2004

2005

Licenses (see detail below)........................................ 426,330......... 463,929
Trout stamps............................................................... 78,504......... 90,600
Tags............................................................................ 140,551..........146,654
Misc permits/licenses.................................................... 3,158............ 3,002
Special use licenses/stamps........................................37,483...........63,560
Two Pole Stamp........................................................... 59,062...........63,596
Waterfowl Stamps......................................................... 6,396.............6,702
Migratory Bird Stamps..................................................51,542...........53,028
Utah Lake Powell Stamps............................................... 1,342.............. 1,355
Kaibab 12A Archery Deer Stamps.................................. 3,687..............4,312
Restricted Non-permit Tags............................................. N/A................ 357
Supplemental Hunt Tags.................................................. N/A................. 64
Bonus Point Hunt Tags..................................................... N/A...................0

GF Land and Water Conservation/
Recreation Development............................... $623................. $974
Wildlife Theft Prevention Fund....................194,420.............145,936
Waterfowl Conservation Fund........................60,797..............65,047
Wildlife Endowment Fund............................ 116,900..............182,815
Trust/Donation Fund.................................. 1,488,177......... 2,857,470
Firearms Safety and Ranges Fund...............1,758,518...............67,355
Publications Revolving Fund........................221,859............ 269,753

Lifetime License Sales Fish....................................................................... 68
Lifetime License Sales Hunt..................................................................... 131
Lifetime License Sales Combo............................................................... 202
Lifetime License Sales Trout Stamp..........................................................37

Total Other Funds....................................$3,841,293...... $3,589,349

Totals.................................................................................................... 438

Fiscal Year Expenditures by Fund

2004–05 2005–06

Game and Fish Fund ............................................ $18,873,731....$22,208,395
Watercraft Licensing Fund.......................................1,970,773........1,932,821
Game, Nongame Fund............................................... 154,879........... 156,125
Federal Assistance (Includes Matching Funds)...... 23,585,845......22,681,194
Heritage Fund.........................................................16,651,418.....13,068,367
Off-highway Vehicle Fund......................................... 655,404........ 990,388
Capital Improvement/Conservation Dev. Funds1............. 40,741......... 954,421
Wildlife Conservation Fund.....................................4,482,292...... 3,756,370
Indirect Cost Fund...................................................1,906,368........1,752,222
Other Funds (See Detail Below)................................. 1,533,954........1,875,183
Total Revenue All Sources................................... $69,855,436...$69,375,485
Other Funds Detail		
Game and Fish Land and Water
Conservation/Recreation Dev....................$
0.............$
0
Wildlife Theft Prevention Fund..................... 180,531............ 146,062
Waterfowl Conservation Fund.........................78,165.............. 56,247
Wildlife Endowment Fund............................... 11,702......................0
Trust/Donation Fund................................. 1,004,681.......... 1,453,255
Publications Revolving Fund....................... 258,876............. 219,618
Total Other Funds.....................................$1,533,954........$1,875,182

Fiscal Year Heritage Funds Allocation

2004–05 2005–06

Environmental Education.......................................$500,000..... $500,000
Public Access.......................................................... 500,000.......500,000
Habitat Evaluation and Protection........................ 1,500,000.....1,500,000
Urban Wildlife....................................................... 1,500,000.....1,500,000
Habitat Acquisition.............................................. 2,400,000....2,400,000
IIAPM (Identification, Inventory, Acquisition,
Protection, and Management).......................... 3,600,000... 3,600,000
Total Allocation................................................ $10,000,000 $10,000,000

Totals ...................................................................... 808,055......... 897,159

Lifetime License/Stamp Sales 		

Calendar Year License Sales by Category

2004

2005

2005

Resident General Fish..................................................154,339......... 166,230
Nonresident General Fish...............................................2,227............. 2,273
Family/Primary Fish...................................................... 4,998............. 3,472
Family/Spouse Fish...............................................................................1,481
Family/Child Fish..................................................................................1,734
Resident General Hunt................................................60,520........... 64,353
Nonresident General Hunt..........................................20,034............22,733
Resident Hunt/Fish....................................................... 71,842............ 77,314
Nonresident Hunt/Fish...................................................... 821................789
Nonresident 3-Day Hunt............................................... 6,983............ 7,440
Urban Fishing............................................................. 29,894........... 32,365
Nonresident Colorado River Fish.................................... 1,627.............. 1,791
Nonresident 5-Day Fish................................................ 12,001............ 12,974
Resident Youth Group Hunt/Fish....................................................... 23,335
Nonresident 4-Month Fish...................................................................6,598
Resident/Nonresident 1-Day Fish.................................30,527.......... 34,028
Resident Youth Group 2-Day Fish....................................... 94..................92
Resident General Fish Nov/Dec.......................................................... 4,498
Nonresident General Fish Nov/Dec ...................................256................395
Comp Family/Primary Half Fish Nov/Dec .................................................29
Comp Spouse/Primary Half Fish Nov/Dec ..................................................5
Grand Totals .............................................................426,330........ 463,929

Calendar Year License and Tag Sales

2004

2005

Licenses................................................................. $12,615,395... $14,072,347
Stamps..................................................................... 1,492,213........1,651,399
Tags......................................................................... 4,371,559...... 5,088,132
Total Value............................................................$18,646,383...$20,811,878

Notes
1. Capital Improvement and Conservation Development Funds are
combined for revenues, as the Capital Improvement Fund earns interest
only. The Conservation Development Fund receives revenue from the
surcharge on license sales.

Joe Melton, Chair

Michael M. Golightly

William H. McLean

Bob Hernbrode

Jennifer L. Martin

The Game and Fish Commission
Under the provisions of the Arizona Revised Statutes 17-231, the Arizona Game and Fish
Commission establishes policy for the management, preservation and harvest of wildlife. The
commission makes rules and regulations for managing, conserving and protecting wildlife and
fisheries resources, and safe and regulated watercraft and off-highway vehicle operations for the
benefit of the citizens of Arizona. In support of the commission’s obligations, the director, as chief
administrative officer, provides general supervision and control of all department functions
and activities.
The commission is composed of five members appointed by the governor pursuant to ARS 38-211.
The commission appoints the director of the Arizona Game and Fish Department, and the director
serves as secretary to the commission. No more than one commissioner may be from any one
county. No more than three may be from the same political party. Each commissioner serves a
five-year term, staggered. Commissioners customarily serve as chairman during their last year.

Our Mission
To conserve, enhance and restore Arizona’s diverse wildlife resources and habitats through
aggressive protection and management programs, and to provide wildlife resources and safe
watercraft and off-highway vehicle recreation for the enjoyment, appreciation and use by
present and future generations.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin,
age, or disability in its programs and activities. If anyone believes that they have been discriminated against in any
of the AGFD’s programs or activities, including employment practices, they may file a complaint with the Deputy
Director, 5000 W. Carefree Highway, Phoenix, AZ 85086, (602) 942-3000, or with the Fish and Wildlife Service, 4040
N. Fairfax Dr. Ste. 130, Arlington, VA 22203. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation or this
document in an alternative format by contacting the Deputy Director as listed above.

Arizona Game and Fish Department
5000 W. Carefree Highway
Phoenix, AZ 85086
(602) 942-3000
www.azgfd.gov

REGIONAL OFFICES
Region I — Jon Cooley, Supervisor
2878 E. White Mountain Blvd., Pinetop 85935
(928) 367-4281

Duane L. Shroufe Director
Steve K. Ferrell Deputy Director

Region II — Ron Sieg, Supervisor
3500 S. Lake Mary Road, Flagstaff 86001
(928) 774-5045

ASSISTANT DIRECTORS
Mike Senn Field Operations
Bob broscheid Wildlife Management
Harry seck Special Services
ty Gray Information & Education

Region III — Bob Posey, Supervisor
5325 N. Stockton Hill Road, Kingman 86409
(928) 692-7700
Region IV — Larry Voyles, Supervisor
9140 E. 28th St., Yuma 85365
(928) 342-0091
Region V — Gerry Perry, Supervisor
555 N. Greasewood Road, Tucson 85745
(520) 628-5376
Region VI — Rod Lucas, Supervisor
7200 E. University Drive, Mesa 85207
(480) 981-9400