Contact Information & Staff
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Pinetop (Headquarters):
Mailing Address:
Po Box 39
Pinetop, AZ 85935
Phone: 928-338-4288
Fax:928-338-4763
Project leader: Stewart Jacks ext. 20
Email:
Flagstaff:
Mailing Address:
PO Box 338
Flagstaff, AZ 86002
Phone: 928-556-2154/2124
Fax: 928-556-2125
Project Coordinator: Kirk Young ext. 2124
Email:
Parker:
Mailing Address:
60911 Hwy 95
Parker, AZ 85344
Phone: 928-667-4785/4144
Fax: 928-667-4015
Mitch Thorson ext. 15
Email:
Staff
Our office is staffed with professionals who possess expertise in a wide variety of specialties. Individually, we are many parts: biologists, ecologists and ichthyologists; sport fish managers and outreach specialists; cartographers, grant writers and teachers; and budget and finance professionals. Collectively, we are the sum of these parts, a group of professionals who share the goal of conserving, protecting and enhancing fish and other aquatic organisms and their habitats in Arizona.
Pinetop
Stewart Jacks, Project Leader - Stewart has been the AZFWCO Project Leader since 1998 and has been with the Fish & Wildlife Service since 1988. Stewart says he has the best job in the Service. He works with the AZFWCO staff to develop priorities, pursue funding, and develop staffing strategies to complete work projects. He also gets to work directly with AZFWCO's partners to develop and pursue common goals. Working in AZFWCO offers great opportunities to work on diverse types of projects from sport fish management to listed species recovery to habitat restoration. Stewart_Jacks@fws.gov
Jeremy Voeltz, Project Coordinator - Jeremy joined AZFWCO as the lead fishery biologist and project coordinator for the Pinetop office. He coordinates fisheries management activities with several Native American Tribes and other state and federal agencies. He is the Service’s lead for Apache trout recovery efforts, and is the AZFWCO lead for the Service’s Fish Passage Program in Arizona. Jeremy_Voeltz@fws.gov
Dominic Barrett, Partners for Fish & Wildlife Biologist - Dominic has worked for AZFWCO since 2009. Dominic is responsible for coordinating efforts for the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program on private and Tribal lands. Dominic works to restore, protect, enhance, and/or establish valuable habitat for federal trust species, migratory birds, and species of special concern throughout Arizona. The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program provides a unique opportunity for landowners to improve fish and wildlife habitat via financial and technical assistance. Without proper management on private and Tribal lands, wildlife habitat would be limited to state and federal lands. Dominic received a MS from Oklahoma State University and a BS from Southeastern Oklahoma State University. His previous work experiences include fisheries and wildlife management, terrestrial habitat management, and research on terrestrial and aquatic wildlife. Dominic_Barrett@fws.gov
Jennifer Johnson, Fish Biologist - Jennifer Johnson received a B.S. from the University of Missouri. Her current work focuses on the recovery of the threatened Apache trout and providing fishery management assistance to various Indian tribes, state, and other federal agencies in Arizona. Jennifer also serves as AZFWCO's education and outreach lead and safety officer. Jennifer_Johnson@fws.gov
Kayla Barrett, Fish & Wildlife Biologist - Kayla Barrett has been working for AZFWCO since May 2010. She spends most of her time as the Desert Fish Habitat Partnership (DFHP) Coordinator. She works to conserve native desert fish by protecting, restoring, and enhancing their habitats in cooperation with state and tribal fish and wildlife agencies, federal resource agencies, research and private organizations, and engaged individuals. She also coordinates and facilitates meetings and teleconferences, compiles, disseminates and tracks DFHP projects, coordinates with other National Fish Habitat Partnerships, assists the DFHP Science and Data Committee, and pursues funding opportunities. She works closely with staff from eleven partner states included in the DFHP geographic range and four DFHP drainage basins (Basin & Range, Upper Colorado River, Lower Colorado River, and the Rio Grande) representatives toward the common goal of saving desert fishes and their habitats. Kayla_Barrett@fws.gov
Travis Taylor, Biological Technician
Karla McGhan, Administrative Officer - Karla has been with AZFWCO since 2008. She is our administrative officer in charge of all the budgetary needs of the office, making sure we get the monies necessary to accomplish our essential conservation efforts. Karla_McGhan@fws.gov
Patti Ferlisi, Office Assistant - Patti joined the AZFWCO staff almost two years ago as our Office Assistant. She helps with the all the paperwork and associated duties to keep our summer Apache Trout Crew going. Patti_Ferlisi@fs.gov
Flagstaff
Kirk Young, Project Coordinator - Kirk is a recent addition to the USFWS and brings over two decades of experience in fisheries conservation by way of the Arizona Game and Department. Kirk supervises the Flagstaff and Parker Field Offices where the focus is on the conservation of aquatic species and habitats throughout the lower Colorado River Basin. Kirk possesses broad technical and organizational experience from work in the Colorado river’s aquatic ecosystems. Kirk_Young@fws.gov
Randy Van Haverbeke, Senior Fish Biologist - Randy works on collaborative fish monitoring efforts in Grand Canyon with other Federal, State, Tribal, and private partners. Specifically, he is responsible for stock assessment activities on humpback chub ( Gila cypha ), including study design, data collection, data analyses, interpretation of results, and writing interim and final reports. In addition, Randy has worked extensively on native fish issues in the lower Colorado , Verde, and Salt river ecosystems. Randy's areas of expertise include: limnology, fisheries management, stock assessment, genetics, statistics, chemistry, and technical writing and editing. Randy_Vanhaverbeke@fws.gov
Dennis Stone, Fish Biologist - Dennis has conducted research and monitoring of endangered fishes in Arizona since 1993. His primary focus has been on humpback chub, from which he completed a MS thesis and several papers concerning various aspects of their life history. He helped develop the currently used mark-recapture study design to estimate their population in the Little Colorado River (LCR), designed and implemented a study to translocate these fish to an unexploited upriver reach in the LCR, and has helped compile, organize, and archive historical fishery data collected in the LCR and Colorado River within the Grand Canyon . His expertise include: fishery research, monitoring, management, ichthyology, limnology, stream ecology, chemistry, and statistical analyses. Dennis_Stone@fws.gov
Mike Pillow, Fish Biologist - Mike has been with AZFWCO in Flagstaff since 2009. Mike is responsible for volunteer recruitment and coordination for the 10-day fish sampling trips and he regularly participates in fish monitoring activities on the Little Colorado River and mainstem Colorado River. He has also coordinated and led annual humpback chub collecting trips for translocation within the Little Colorado River and to Havasu Creek and Shinumo Creek in Grand Canyon National Park. This is a collaborative effort with the National Park Service to broaden the current range of the population. Aside from his biology responsibilities, Mike has also produced outreach videos that illustrate the important work being done across Arizona by AZFWCO. Email: Michael_Pillow@fws.gov
Jim Walters, Biological Technician - As an intermittent employee, Jim Walters does field work. The bulk of his time is collecting data for population studies of Humpback chub in the Little Colorado River. He also assists with surveys on Lake Mohave and Lake Havasu.
Rick Deshler, Biological Technician
Parker
Mitch Thorson, Fish Biologist - Mitch has worked with AZFWCO for 11 years where he combines his field duties as a biological technician with keeping vehicles, boats, and equipment running. Mitch performs netting, stocking, data collection and entry, water quality collection, and fish tagging. He works on several projects including: recovery efforts for razorback sucker and bonytail; control of invasive Giant salvinia; and backwater management with the Colorado River Indian Tribes, Emerald Canyon Golf Course, and 4 National Wildlife Refuges along the Colorado River . He lends a hand to not just our fisheries office staff, but also to other Fish & Wildlife Service field stations, Native American Tribes, and others. Mitch is certified in electrofishing, DOI boat operation, helicopter, heavy equipment, CPR, and first aid. Mitch enjoys his job, particularly working with AZFWCO volunteers, other Federal and State agencies, and public citizens. Mitch_Thorson@fws.gov
Robert Randall, Fish Biologist - Robert Randall is a Fisheries Biologist with the Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office located in Parker, AZ. He works throughout the Colorado River from the Grand Canyon on down to Yuma, AZ helping aid in the recovery of many native fish species such as the razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus), bonytail chub (Gila elegans), and humpback chub (Gila cypha). Most of his time is spent in off channel habitats of the Colorado River monitoring the water quality that our razorback suckers and bonytail chubs are living in to insure that conditions remain favorable for the fish so that they can grow and eventually be released back into the wild Colorado River.
Tammy Knecht, Fish Biologist
John Naugle, Biological Technician
Vacant, Biological Technician
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Last updated:
April 16, 2013
