Education Programs

Sport Fishing Education

Wildlife Center

• What is the School Group Fishing Program?
  
  
• Things To Know Before You Apply

HOW THE DRAWING PROCESS WORKS:

Application Deadline:

School groups must apply online before 5:00 p.m., Friday, September 17th, 2010.  Submitting your application is just the first step in the drawing process and is not a guarantee that your group will receive a program.

The Drawing:

All school group applications will be placed in a random drawing process that will occur within one week after the deadline date. The applications selected in the random drawing will be forwarded to our two state contracted, sport fishing instructors, who will begin contacting those selected applicants to schedule a program.  Our sport fishing contractors will only be contacting those applicants who were selected in the random drawing and they will be contacted within 30 days after the deadline date.

What happens to those applications not selected in the random drawing?

All applications that were not selected in the drawing will be sent to the appropriate Regional office of the Arizona Game and Fish Department depending on the location of the school.  Regional Game and Fish employees will review the applications and try to schedule as many school applicants as they can.

If you are not contacted by anyone to discuss scheduling a sport fishing program within 30 days after the deadline date, then you will not be receiving a Sport Fishing Education program from the Department this school year.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department would like to be able to provide a Sport Fishing Education program for every applicant but the Department continues to receive many more applications than our staff and resources can accommodate. 

If you have any questions about our Sport Fishing Education Program, the drawing process or loaner equipment, please call Doug Thornburg, Sport Fishing Education Coordinator at (623) 236-7240 or Pam Ostwinkle, Conservation Education Administrative Assistant at (623) 236-7219.

* Required Fields

Contact Information Name of Teacher:* First Name Last Name Name of School:* Address of School:* Street City County State Zip Code Primary Phone:* Secondary Phone: E-mail address:*

Group Information The department requires a minimum of 25 participants attend both classroom and field instruction, with a limit of 90 participants. Grade levels participating:* Number of students:*

Availability Information The more dates your group is available for a fishing program, the better chance the Department will have in scheduling your group. All groups are eligible to receive one fishing program per calendar year. You must submit an application each year to be entered in the drawing. Applications are not saved beyond the current year. If you MUST schedule a classroom and field instruction on specific dates, please check "Yes" and indicate the date for each, otherwise, check "No" and then indicate by checking the month or months within which you can schedule the classroom and field instruction.* Yes No Classroom instruction date: Field instruction date: Please indicate the months in which your group is available for a fishing program.We understand your group may be unavailable for some of the days in any months you check.   January May September February June October March July November April August December   Please provide any additional information that will help us understand your groups needs.  (Specific fishing related topics to cover, scheduling limitations, fishing access for individuals with disabilities, interpreter needs for language or sign, etc.) (5000 character limit)