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About the Arizona Game and Fish Department

The mission of the Arizona Game and Fish Department is to conserve, enhance, and restore Arizona's diverse wildlife resources and habitats through aggressive protection and management programs, and to provide wildlife resources and safe watercraft and off-highway vehicle recreation for the enjoyment, appreciation, and use by present and future generations.

The department works toward fulfilling its mission through a variety of programs, including hunting and fishing regulations, habitat management, fish stocking, wildlife research, wildlife reintroduction programs, shooting sports programs, off-highway vehicle and watercraft enforcement and education, environmental education, and a variety of programs geared toward informing or reconnecting people with hunting, fishing, wildlife conservation and other outdoor recreation.

The department is governed by the five-member Arizona Game and Fish Commission, which makes rules and regulations for managing, conserving, and protecting wildlife and fisheries resources, and for safe and regulated watercraft and off-highway vehicle operations for the benefit of the citizens of Arizona. In support of the commission's obligations, the Arizona Game and Fish Department director, as chief administrative officer, provides general supervision and control of all department functions and activities. The current director is Larry Voyles.

Find out the latest Arizona Game and Fish Department news

Want to find out the latest about hunting, fishing, wildlife conservation, OHV/boating recreation, rules and regulations, commission actions, and upcoming activities of the Arizona Game and Fish Department? There are many ways for you to stay informed of the latest developments:

Web site – Visit www.azgfd.gov.

Newsletters – Visit www.azgfd.gov/signup to subscribe to the department’s FREE e-newsletters. All you need to do is provide your e-mail address and the newsletters will be sent to your e-mail address free of charge. Some of the newsletters you can sign up for are Wildlife News, Hunting Highlights, Weekly Fishing Report, Shooting Sports News, Urban Fishing Bulletin, and Off-Highway Vehicle News. To see a description of these newsletters or to sign up, visit www.azgfd.gov/signup.

Television show/video – Visit www.azgfd.gov/video to view informational videos or episodes of the department’s Emmy award-winning television show, Arizona Wildlife Views television.

Magazine – Visit www.azgfd/gov/magazine to subscribe to the department’s award-winning Arizona Wildlife Views magazine. The fee for a one-year subscription to this beautiful, four-color magazine is nominal.

About The Agency

Carol Lynde
Host

Carol Lynde is the newest member of our video production crew and she brings a long list of television credentials with her, but it was a career that almost didn't happen. Her original goal was to become a magazine photographer, but through her father's friend she got an internship at a Phoenix TV station many years ago and the rest, as they say, is history.

After four years at KTVK-TV, this Arizona native let her videography and editing talents take her across the country. She spent seven years at WAGA-TV in Atlanta as a news photographer and editor. She then moved to WGNX-TV, also in Atlanta, where she was chief photographer for six years. During her time in Atlanta she won six regional Emmys and dozens of other broadcasting awards.

Then she did something odd. At the height of her television career, she packed up and moved to Great Falls, Montana to work for tiny KRTV in their video production department. "Not everyone considers it a good career move to go from the 10th market to the 183rd, but it was the best thing I have ever done for myself personally. Montana was wonderful. I consider my time there a three-year working vacation." But the vacation eventually ended when she moved to Denver and KWGN-TV, where she was assignment manager for the news department. "My first and, I hope, last desk job. I can honestly say I tried it, and it confirmed what I already knew-I want to be in the field taking pictures."

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