Walnut Check-Up in the Santa Catalinas  November 22, 2017 Carianne Campbell: [email protected]   BACKGROUND The Santa Catalina grey squirrel (a subspecies of the Arizona grey squirrel) is in decline throughout the Catalinas and Rincons. Fire, and competition with introduced Abert’s squirrels, are thought to be some of the reasons for their lower numbers, but we...

AZGFD Small Mammal Trapping Arizona Game & Fish Department is looking for volunteers to help set small mammal traps (Shermans) near Lake Pleasant and Lake Havasu. We’ll have crews out during most weeks between early September and late November, so if you have students that are available to come help, we could likely put them to...

AZGFD Colorado Pikeminnow & Roundtail Chub Harvest & Sorting Bubbling Ponds Hatchery is looking for two volunteers for Colorado Pikeminnow Harvest on October 24th. On December 5th, five volunteers are needed for Roundtail Chub Harvest. This is an earth pond and is very labor intensive. On December 6th, four volunteers are needed for chub sorting....

AZGFD Black-footed Ferret Spotlighting December 7th - 9th, 2017    The Black-footed Ferret Project will be a 3-night event December 7-9.  For each event, spotlighting will begin on Thursday night.  Because ferrets are being seen in areas where we normally do not spotlight, we will have some teams go out and spotlight these new areas to try and...

Native Plantings at Southern Galiuro Ponds December 8, 2017 - December 9, 2017 Carianne Campbell: [email protected]   BACKGROUND SIA has partnered with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and Tom Biebighauser of Wetland Restoration and Training LLC to install ponds near the Muleshoe Ranch in the southern Galiuros to provide habitat for lowland leopard frogs,...