Arizona Game and Fish Service

The Arizona Game and Fish Service is a State Agency of Arizona, headquartered in Phoenix. The agency is tasked with conserving, enhancing, and restoring Arizona’s diverse wildlife resources and habitats through aggressive protection and management programs. It also provides wildlife resources and watercraft and off-highway vehicle recreation.

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

Watchable wildlife
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 1690 by Arizona voters to further conservation efforts in the State. Funding comes from Arizona Lottery ticket sales.