Public meeting on State Wildlife Action Plan is Feb. 25 in Phoenix

Meeting will be webcast at www.azgfd.gov/webcast
If you haven’t had a chance to learn about or provide input into the review of Arizona’s State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP), the last of a series of public meetings will be held on Thursday, Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. at the Arizona Game and Fish Department Headquarters, 5000 W. Carefree Highway, Phoenix.
The meeting will also be webcast at www.azgfd.gov/webcast.
The meeting will begin with a series of presentations, each followed by an open discussion period. The meeting will end at 7 p.m. or sooner if all agenda items and open discussions have been completed.
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); and delineation of landscapes of conservation concern.
The public can also provide input into aspects of the plan by accessing an online survey at www.azgfd.gov/cwcs.
Public meetings have already been held in Kingman, Tucson, Yuma, Mesa, Pinetop and Flagstaff.
Arizona’s SWAP, previously known as the Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy, builds on and complements existing plans and wildlife conservation projects and provides a vision for managing Arizona’s fish, wildlife, and wildlife habitats. It outlines strategies and conservation actions aimed at promoting partnerships and coordinating efforts among all who hold a stake in conserving Arizona’s wildlife.
The existing SWAP document, along with some new maps and documents, is posted at www.azgfd.gov/cwcs. A DVD of the complete set of SWAP maps (there are more than 340) can be requested through SWAPcomment@azgfd.gov