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The Arizona Ecological Services Field Office focuses on plant and wildlife conservation across Arizona spanning diverse ecosystems ranging from arid desert environments to high-elevation montane habitats to lush riparian systems. We work with public, private, and Tribal partners to conserve and restore Arizona's threatened and endangered species, migratory birds, aquatic habitats, and other important fish and wildlife resources.

About Us

Welcome to the Arizona Ecological Services Field Office. Within Arizona, we have offices in Phoenix, Flagstaff, and Tucson. We work to protect endangered and threatened species, migratory birds, freshwater fish and wildlife habitat in Arizona. There are more than 60 threatened and endangered plants and animals throughout the state. We collaborate with many private, Tribal, City, County, State, Federal and other organizations and partners to preserve and protect living resources of Arizona ecosystems. In addition, we have staff who focus on environmental contaminants, and who work specifically with tribal and private partners to benefit wildlife on non-federal lands.

What We Do

Our mission is to work with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.

Our Organization

Our Species

Arizona is an ecologically diverse state that provides habitat to a wide variety of plants and animals. The state contains part or all of the four North American deserts: the Sonoran, Chihuahuan, Mojave, and Great Basin. In addition, Arizona is known for its grasslands, forests, mountains, and rivers, which cover many biological zones of life, from lowland hot, dry deserts to high-altitude cooler, wetter coniferous forests and alpine tundra. There are 72 threatened, endangered, or candidate species in Arizona, including 10 mammals, 9 birds, 5 reptiles, 2 amphibians, 21 fishes, 2 snails, 1 insect, and 22 plants. Many of these species also have designated critical habitat.

Projects and Research

Working with others is at the core of how we operate, and through those partnerships, we develop a number of conservation projects across Arizona. Learn more about some of the key efforts we have underway.

Our Library

Library collections with resources and documents related to species and projects of the Arizona Ecological Services Field Office

Get Involved

We can all practice conservation daily in our individual lives. Conserving resource use (such as energy and water consumption, and waste minimization) is a benefit to all life and our planet. When everyone practices conservation, our threatened and endangered species will benefit and their habitats will improve.