Arizona Game and Fish Department

The Arizona Game and Fish Department is funded primarily by revenues generated through the sale of hunting and fishing licenses, tags, and stamps, as well as the discretionary purchases of hunters and anglers; it does not receive tax funding through the Arizona State General Fund.{{cite news |last1=Burkitt |first1=Bree |title=Mother Road, AZGFD collab beer nets thousands for Arizona's wildlife |url=https://azdailysun.com/flaglive/features/brew/mother-road-azgfd-collab-beer-nets-thousands-for-arizonas-wildlife/article_09d2cb0c-2284-538d-a331-30e78ce8d626.html |access-date=28 January 2022 |work=Arizona Daily Sun |publisher=Arizona Daily Sun |date=16 August 2021 |language=en}}

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, 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.{{Cite web |title=Arizona’s State Wildlife Action Plan: 2012 - 2022 - ScienceBase-Catalog |url=https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/556c7a3be4b0d9246a9f7efb |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=www.sciencebase.gov |language=en-US}}

Arizona is home to more than 900 animal species and 50 million public acres of natural land. The Arizona Wildlife Viewing Program strives to manage wildlife while providing for the responsible recreational use of the resource. Much of the support for the program comes from the Heritage Fund, a fund started in 1990 by Arizona voters to further conservation efforts in the state.{{Cite journal |last=Virden |first=Randy J. |date=October 1991 |title=The Arizona Heritage Fund: An Innovative Strategy for Funding Parks, Wildlife, and Historic Preservation |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07303084.1991.10604022 |journal=Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance |language=en |volume=62 |issue=8 |pages=31–34 |doi=10.1080/07303084.1991.10604022 |issn=0730-3084}} Funding comes from Arizona Lottery ticket sales.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department maintains 3,000 water catchments{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Nakiesha |title=Arizona Game And Fish Department Maintains 3,000 Water Catchment Basins For Wildlife |url=https://kjzz.org/content/1141181/arizona-game-and-fish-department-maintains-3000-water-catchment-basins-wildlife |access-date=20 October 2021 |work=KJZZ |agency=KJZZ |date=28 August 2019 |language=en}} located throughout Arizona. The catchments provide water to wildlife{{cite web |title=Habitat Enhancement – Water Catchments |url=https://www.azgfd.com/wildlife/conservation/watercatchments/ |website=Arizona Game and Fish Department |publisher=Arizona Game and Fish Department |access-date=20 October 2021}} year-round and particularly during the state's hot, dry summer months. Arizona Game and Fish deliver water to the catchments via trucks and airlifts. In 2020, 2.4 million gallons{{cite news |last1=Rios |first1=Ericka |title=Arizona Game and Fish: Lifesaving water delivered to wildlife expecting to reach 3 million gallons |url=https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-game-and-fish-prepared-for-record-setting-of-nearly-3-million-gallons-this-year |access-date=20 October 2021 |agency=Fox 10 |publisher=Fox 10 |date=21 June 2021}} of water were delivered to fill the catchments, the first of which were constructed in the 1940s.{{cite news |last1=Hrkal |first1=Jonah |title=Water for wildlife: Catchments prove lifesavers across Arizona |url=https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2019/12/24/water-catchments-arizona/ |access-date=20 October 2021 |publisher=Cronkite News/Arizona PBS |date=24 December 2019}}

Highest salary at Game And Fish Dept in year 2018 was $159,999. Number of employees at Game And Fish Dept in year 2018 was 745. Average annual salary was $44,299 and median salary was $47,235. Game And Fish Dept. average salary is 5 percent lower than USA average and median salary is 9 percent higher than USA median.{{Cite web |title=Game And Fish Dept Salaries |url=https://govsalaries.com/salaries/AZ/game-and-fish-dept |access-date=October 26, 2023 |website=GovSalaries}}

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• List of law enforcement agencies in Arizona
• Game Warden
• Ben Avery Shooting Facility
• List of State Fish and Wildlife Management Agencies in the U.S.

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