Rocky Mountain Research Station

Title: Safe Harbor: a tool to help recover topminnow and pupfish in Arizona

Author: Duncan, Douglas K.; Voeltz, Jeremy

Date: 2005

Source: In: Gottfried, Gerald J.; Gebow, Brooke S.; Eskew, Lane G.; Edminster, Carleton B., comps. Connecting mountain islands and desert seas: biodiversity and management of the Madrean Archipelago II. Proc. RMRS-P-36. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station: 392-394

Station ID: P-RMRS-036

Description: The Arizona Game and Fish Department (Department) has developed a Safe Harbor Agreement (SHA) for four native fishes in Arizona. The SHA will allow Gila and Yaqui topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis and P. sonoriensis) and desert and Quitobaquito pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius and C. eremus) to be released onto non-Federal lands while safeguarding landowner options for future property use. The SHA will assist recovery of these species by: creating replicate populations; creating partnerships between State, Federal, and other groups; minimizing stocking of mosquitofish and other nonindigenous species; providing for mosquito control; and educating those outside the native fish community about the plight of Arizona’s native fishes.

Keywords: Poeciliopsis occidentalis, Poeciliopsis sonoriensis, Cyprinodon macularius, Cyprinodon eremus, endangered species, recovery, education, Arizona

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Duncan, Douglas K.; Voeltz, Jeremy  2005.  Safe Harbor: a tool to help recover topminnow and pupfish in Arizona.   In: Gottfried, Gerald J.; Gebow, Brooke S.; Eskew, Lane G.; Edminster, Carleton B., comps. Connecting mountain islands and desert seas: biodiversity and management of the Madrean Archipelago II. Proc. RMRS-P-36. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station: 392-394.