Call for AZGFD wildlife photo contest open until August
Do you want to see your photo on the cover of Arizona Wildlife Views’ annual calendar? Do you have a knack for capturing great photos of wildlife?
Do you want to see your photo on the cover of Arizona Wildlife Views’ annual calendar? Do you have a knack for capturing great photos of wildlife?
Commissioners overseeing the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) — Clay Hernandez, Marsha Petrie Sue, Jeff Buchanan, Jim Goughnour, and Kurt Kerr — proudly accepted the prestigious 2025 Commission of the Year Award from the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) during its summer conference June 2-6 in Provo, Utah.
AZGFD reminds everyone that June 7 is Free Fishing Day
SELIGMAN – For the first time in almost 30 years, Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) biologists performed a re-introduction of ten endangered black-footed ferrets to the once-flourishing Aubrey Valley/Double O Ranch area, attempting to re-populate the only active recovery spot in Arizona.
The ferret kits were captively bred at one of six sites across the country, including the Phoenix Zoo. The kits were then taken to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in northern Colorado, where they learned to hunt and live in the wild.