Arizona Game and Fish Department

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The Arizona Game and Fish Department 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.

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Black-footed Ferret

The Arizona Game and Fish Department has developed a "Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy" (CWCS)—a 10-year vision for managing Arizona’s fish, wildlife and natural habitats. This effort enlisted input and partnerships with various agency cooperators, sportsman and recreational groups, conservation organizations, special interest groups, Native American tribes, county and municipal governments, and the general public.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department works to recover threatened and endangered species, to help urban residents appreciate and coexist with our unique wildlife, to educate children about the environment, and to create new opportunities for outdoor recreation.

Research is a key element in the Arizona Game and Fish Department's conservation and management efforts. It is the result of research that helps determine the methods to best conserve our wildlife and habitat.

Few places offer the diversity of landscapes, plants, and animals as found in Arizona. In order to maintain this diversity and natural heritage, the importance of conservation and management programs, strategy, and policy cannot be overstated.

Wildlife and Conservation are both integral parts of Arizona's natural heritage.