Fishing

Partnership Waters Program

The Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Native Trout Program administers the Partnership Waters program to offer angling groups with an avenue to provide support on projects within Arizona waters that focus on conservation, enhancement, or restoration of fisheries and fish habitat that are beneficial to the resource, while facilitating partnerships to promote public involvement.

What is a Partnership Water?

• Projects with mutually beneficial goals for AGFD, Fishing Clubs, and other agencies
  • Benefit Fisheries Resources
  • Facilitates Partnerships
     
  • Projects
    • Meet AGFD’s fisheries management goals
    • Meet angling chapter’s missions and goals
    • Meet other agency and organization goals
       
  • Benefits
    • Enables chapters and clubs to have ownership in projects
    • Facilitates partnerships between clubs, state, and federal agencies
    • Provides a framework for chapters to focus on meaningful long-term projects
    • Potentially increases interest in projects and membership in angling groups
    • Seek funding opportunities to work on projects

Current Partnership Waters Projects

• Canyon Creek-Zane Grey Trout Unlimited
• East Verde River-Gila Trout Chapter Trout Unlimited
• Grapevine Creek-Zane Grey Trout Unlimited
• Frye Creek-Old Pueblo Trout Unlimited
• West Fork Black River-Old Pueblo Trout Unlimited
• Mount Graham and Chiricahua Mountains-Old Pueblo Trout Unlimited

Angling groups interested in developing a Partnership Waters Project can contact:
Mike Anderson, Native Trout Coordinator at manderson@azgfd.gov