Arizona's State Wildlife Action Plan
(Formerly known as the Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy) |
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New! - Public participation sought on plan review
Public meetings scheduled in December 2009 and January 2010
Arizona’s State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) requires the Arizona Game and Fish Department to conduct a public review of the plan after the fourth year from its initial approval. Review meetings are to be held in December and January. New documents and maps will be made available on this Web site prior to the first meeting in Kingman on Dec. 15.
The review will focus on three main areas of the plan:
- The “Species of Greatest Conservation Need,” including the criteria used to determine their status and their spatial distributions.
- The spatial distribution of stressors to wildlife, including a vulnerability assessment for climate change.
- Delineation of landscapes of conservation concern.
The public meetings are scheduled to run from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the following dates.
- Tuesday, Dec. 15, Kingman, Arizona Game and Fish Department Kingman regional office, 5325 N. Stockton Hill Road.
- Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010, Tucson, Arizona Game and Fish Department Tucson regional office, 555 N. Greasewood Road.
- Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, Yuma, Arizona Game and Fish Department Yuma regional office, 9140 E. 28th St.
- Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, Mesa, Arizona Game and Fish Department Mesa regional office, 7200 E. University Drive.
- Dates, times and locations for meetings in Flagstaff, Pinetop, and Phoenix will be announced soon.
The public meetings will include a formal presentation followed by the opportunity to participate in working groups that will discuss the plan’s main areas listed above.
Download Arizona’s SWAP plan |
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Background
Arizona’s State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP), previously known as the Conservation Wildlife Conservation Strategy, was accepted by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s National Acceptance Advisory Team in April 2006. It was the culmination of a 2-year effort during which Arizona Game and Fish Department solicited input from numerous experts, resource professionals, federal and state agencies, sportsmen groups, conservation organizations, Native American tribes, recreational groups, local governments, and private citizens and integrated those ideas and concerns into a single, comprehensive vision for managing Arizona’s fish, wildlife, and wildlife habitats over the next ten years. |
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a decade, a coalition of more than 3,000 conservation
organizations known as “Teaming With
Wildlife” has labored to keep species
from becoming endangered by increasing state
and federal funding for wildlife conservation.
This effort culminated in 2001 when federal
legislation established a new State Wildlife
Grant (SWG) program. SWG funds are used
to support the needs of wildlife, their habitats,
and related recreational and educational activities.
In order to continue receiving SWG funds,
each of the 56 U.S. states and territories
were required, by congress, to submit a CWCS
plan for approval to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service. Guidelines for developing the
state plans and the 8
required elements were established
by state fish and wildlife agencies working
with the International Association of Fish
and Wildlife Agencies and the Teaming With
Wildlife Committee. Arizona’s
CWCS is unlike existing recovery plans and
other regulatory documents in that it builds
on and complements existing plans and wildlife
conservation projects that are already underway.
The plan outlines strategies and conservation
actions aimed at promoting partnerships
and coordinating efforts among all who hold
a stake in conserving Arizona’s wildlife.
As such, the plan addresses the full array
of wildlife and habitats but focuses on
identifying and managing the “wildlife
and biotic communities of greatest conservation
need”.
Additonal SWAP (CWCS) Information
- Nationwide Vision [PDF,
119kb]
- State Wildlife Grants Program [PDF,
124kb]
- Guiding Principles [PDF,
127kb]
- National
Wildlife Action Plan Web Site
- Team
With Wildlife Web Site |
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