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FEASIBILI'T'Y OF DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING A SPORT FLSHERY IN THE SALT RIVER PROJECT CANALS - - -
<br />ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
<br />As with any research project, many individuals contributed in bringing this project to completion. We
<br />would like to thank the entire Research Branch of the Arizona Game and Fish Department for providing
<br />ideas, direction, support, and, most importantly, contributions of their time. Sue Morgensen developed the
<br />original study plan and, along with Richard Dreyer, conducted the initial field work. This project was
<br />administered by Jim C. deVos, Jr., Dennis D. Haywood, and Raymond E. Schweinsburg, and their guidance,
<br />suggestions, and support were greatly appreciated.
<br />Many individuals provided field support and assisted in data collection: Amber Alexander, George
<br />Andrejko, Kirby Bristow, Neville Colgate, Marc Dahlberg, Terry Gamble, Debbie Garron, Phil Harrison,
<br />Dennis Haywood, Ruth Ann Lefebvre, Petra Lowe, Jerry Martinez, Mike Musyl, Jodi Niccum, Gene
<br />Okamoto, Diana Parmley, Peggy Patterson, Rick Peebles, Kathy Sergent, Diann Smith, Eric Swanson, Steve
<br />Tighe, Brian Vlach, Jody Walters, Bill Watt, Dave Weedman, Beth Worsnup, and Jeff Young. Student
<br />interns also provided field support, and entered and verified data: Clint Adams, Heidi Blasius, David
<br />Bolebruch, Vicki Bradshaw, Kelly Downing, Ryan Gordon, Josh Hurst, James Laird, Lindsay O'Callaghan,
<br />and Jimmy Simmons. Kirby Bristow and Phil Harrison contributed substantial amounts of time processing
<br />chlorophyll a and benthic samples.
<br />Sincere appreciation goes to Beth Worsnup and Vicki Webb for clerical support. Vicki Webb entered
<br />and verified data, prepared tables, and the layout of this manuscript. Sue Boe, Jennifer A. Wennerlund, and
<br />Scott G. Woods produced the GIS maps. Robert Forrest, Carl R. Gustavson, Dennis D. Haywood, Richard
<br />A. Ockenfels, Brian F. Wakeling, and Jody P. Walters provided statistical support.
<br />Jim C. deVos, Jr., Dennis D. Haywood, Brad Jacobson, Joe Janisch, Carole McIvor, Gordon Mueller,
<br />Tom G. Sands, Raymond E. Schweinsburg, Eric Swanson, Brian F. Wakeling, Jody P. Walters, Jim
<br />Warnecke, and Cindy D. Zisner reviewed various drafts of this manuscript. The report was significantly
<br />improved because of their efforts. The authors take full responsibility for any conclusions reached and errors
<br />contained in this report.
<br />We thank the Salt River Project (SRP) for their support during this study, and granting us unlimited
<br />access to the canal system. Special acknowledgments go to Dave Maldonado, Joe O'Haver, Tom G. Sands,
<br />and Earl Tankersley for their logistical support. Additionally, Gregg Elliott, Bob Gooch, and Brian
<br />Moorhead provided information on water quality, canal hydrology, and white amurs.
<br />Private contractors were used for specialized laboratory services. Aquatic Consulting and Testing, Inc.
<br />(Tempe, Arizona) identified and enumerated aquatic invertebrates in benthic and plankton samples. Hazelton
<br />Environmental Services, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) and PACE Environmental Laboratories, Inc. (Camarillo,
<br />California) analyzed fish tissues for 129 priority pollutants. Behavioral Research Center, Inc. (Phoenix,
<br />Arizona) conducted public opinion surveys on urban fishing.
<br />This project was funded in part by the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration F-14-R of the Arizona
<br />Game and Fish Department. This Act is commonly known as the Dingell Johnson Act/Wallop-Breaux
<br />Amendment after its Congressional sponsors. This Act provides for a manufacturers' tax on rods, reels,
<br />tackle, motorboats, and motorboat fuel. The collected monies are apportioned to the states and territories on
<br />a formula basis by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the conservation and management of sport fish.
<br />Thus, anglers, contribute to a program that benefits everyone.
<br />This project was also funded by a grant from the Arizona Game and Fish Department Heritage Fund.
<br />The Arizona Game and Fish Department Heritage Fund was designed to conserve, enhance, and establish
<br />wildlife habitats and populations in urban environments, and to increase public awareness of urban wildlife
<br />resources.
<br />B. R. WRIGHT AND J. A. SORENSEN 1995 ARIZONA GAME & FISH DEPARTMENT, TECH. REP. 18 v
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