AZGFD to conduct aerial winter wildlife surveys through January
PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) will conduct its aerial winter wildlife surveys for deer and javelina through January 2025.
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Eggs are available — but pricier — as the holiday baking season begins
PHOENIX – Egg prices are rising once more as a lingering outbreak of bird flu coincides with the high demand of the holiday baking season.
But prices are still far from the recent peak they reached almost two years ago. And the American Egg Board, a trade group, says egg shortages at grocery stores have been isolated and temporary so far.
“Those are being rapidly corrected, sometimes within a day,” said Emily Metz, the Egg Board’s president and chief executive officer.
The average price for a dozen eggs in U.S. cities was $3.37 in October, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
New Fee at Lees Ferry Campground
PAGE, Ariz. – On January 1, 2025, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area has a new rate for sites at Lees Ferry Campground.
Federal and state officials seek assistance in investigation of Mexican wolf death near Flagstaff
PHOENIX — A federally protected Mexican wolf was found dead northwest of Flagstaff, Ariz., on Nov. 7. Female Mexican wolf 2979 (F2979) was found dead in the vicinity of Forest Service Road 2058 and East Spring Valley Road. The incident is under investigation, and a reward of up to $103,500 is available for information that leads to successful prosecution in the case. No additional details about the cause of death are being shared at this time, except that the mortality was not related to agency management actions.
Mexican wolf F2979 was first documented outside the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area (MWEPA) north of Interstate 40 near Flagstaff in early summer 2024.
Elimination of residential rental tax takes effect January 1
MOHAVE COUNTY – The City of Kingman would like to remind everyone of a significant change in tax law impacting residential rental property owners and property management companies within city limits.
Catch fish, not birds
PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) reminds anglers of the importance of proper fishing line (monofilament) disposal after AZGFD biologists remove a tangled fledgling from the wild and take it to wildlife rehabilitators.
Nest watchers at Willow Springs Lake noticed the eaglet with fishing line wrapped around one of its legs. AZGFD biologists tried multiple times, but were unable to safely access the nest.
“So we had to wait until it fledged,” said Kenneth “Tuk” Jacobson, AZGFD raptor management coordinator. “Once it took its first flight, we were able to capture it and found that the fishing line had caused a severe wound to the eagle’s leg.”
