Current Projects

AFS and AZGFD Standard Gill Net Comparison and Calibration

Project Partners:

AZGFD, USGS

Project Duration:

September 2019 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Scott Bonar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Joshua Grant

Age and Growth of Largemouth Bass in Arizona Lakes

Project Partners:

AZGFD, USGS

Project Duration:

September 2019 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Scott Bonar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Steven Ingram

Aging the Anomaly: Sonora Suckers Subjected to Uncharacteristic Flow Regime

Project Partners:

AZGFD

Project Duration:

May 2024 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Scott Bonar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Regan Doss

An Integrated Approach to Using YY Technology and Mechanical Control Methods for Invasive Fish Control

Project Partners:

USBOR, USGS

Project Duration:

September 2017 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Scott Bonar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Chad Teal

Can Survival of Razorback Sucker be Improved by Stocking Them into Reservoirs with Manipulated Water Levels?

Project Partners:

BOR, Salt River Project, USGS

Project Duration:

June 2020 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Scott Bonar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Chris Jenney

Developing New Electrofishing Methods to Control Nuisance Fishes

Project Partners:

AZGFD, USGS

Project Duration:

August 2024 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Scott Bonar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Effective Boat Electrofishing Technique in Warmwater Lakes

Project Partners:

AZGFD, USGS

Project Duration:

September 2019 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Scott Bonar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Joshua Grant

Habitat Partitioning of Desert Fishes in the Presence or Absence of Nonnative Fish Species

Project Partners:

USFS, USFWS, USGS

Project Duration:

June 2019 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Scott Bonar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Chris Jenney

Habitat Suitability Criteria Development for Fishes of the Middle Verde River (Wild and Scenic Section), Arizona

Project Partners:

USFS, USFWS, USGS

Project Duration:

June 2016 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Scott Bonar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Chris Jenney, Zach Nemec, Larissa Lee

Habitat Suitability Criteria for Native Fishes in Intermediate-Sized Arizona Rivers

Project Partners:

USFWS, USGS

Project Duration:

June 2016 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Scott Bonar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Zach Nemec

Habitat Suitability Criteria for Non-Native Fishes in Intermediate-Sized Arizona Rivers

Project Partners:

USFWS, USGS

Project Duration:

June 2016 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Scott Bonar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Larissa Lee

Habitat Suitability for Fishes of Fossil Creek, Arizona

Project Partners:

USFS, USFWS, USGS

Project Duration:

June 2016 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Scott Bonar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Chris Jenney

Hydroacoustic Technology – A Standard Approach to Sample Warmwater Fish Communities in Large Standing Waters?

Project Partners:

AZGFD, USGS

Project Duration:

September 2019 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Scott Bonar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Steven Ingram

Identification of Habitat Use of Adult Fishes in Wilderness Tributaries to the Verde River, Arizona at Base Flow

Project Partners:

USFS, USGS

Project Duration:

September 2020 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Scott Bonar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Kaitlyn Gahl

Native Fish Abundance and Population Structure Pre- and Post- High Magnitude Flooding Event in an Arizona River

Project Partners:

USFS, USFWS, USGS

Project Duration:

June 2016 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Scott Bonar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Chris Jenney, Zach Nemec, Larissa Lee

Relationship Between Native and Nonnative Fish Presence and Components of the Hydrograph in Streams of the Mogollon Rim Emphasis Area, Arizona

Project Partners:

USFWS, USGS

Project Duration:

June 2016 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Scott Bonar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Larissa Lee

Kevin Fitzsimmons, Scott Bonar, and Matt Recsetar

Spawning and Rearing of Sonora Suckers

Project Partners:

Salt River Project, AZGFD

Project Duration:

September 2023 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Kevin Fitzsimmons, Scott Bonar, and Matt Recsetar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Taylor Saucier

Scott Bonar (lead editor), Wayne Hubert (coeditor, University of Wyoming), David Willis (coeditor, South Dakota State University), and about 50 authors from the US, Canada, and Mexico. In total 284 biologists and managers from 107 agencies, universities and private industries contributed to the book as authors, reviewers, or sponsors. Editors for the 2nd Edition are Scott Bonar (lead editor), Norman Mercado Silva (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Mexico), and Kevin Pope (Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit). Approximately 100 authors are involved in the second edition to date.

Standard Methods for Sampling North American Freshwater Fishes, 1st and 2nd Eds.

Project Partners:

USGS, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, American Fisheries Society, USFWS, AZGFD, NPS, BLM, BOR, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Project Duration:

September 2004 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Scott Bonar (lead editor), Wayne Hubert (coeditor, University of Wyoming), David Willis (coeditor, South Dakota State University), and about 50 authors from the US, Canada, and Mexico. In total 284 biologists and managers from 107 agencies, universities and private industries contributed to the book as authors, reviewers, or sponsors. Editors for the 2nd Edition are Scott Bonar (lead editor), Norman Mercado Silva (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Mexico), and Kevin Pope (Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit). Approximately 100 authors are involved in the second edition to date.

Graduate Assistant(s):

Erin Tracy, Kristina Riemer, and Scott Bonar

Standard Sampling Data Webtool to Help Diagnose Problems in Freshwater Fish Populations

Project Partners:

USGS, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, American Fisheries Society, USFWS, AZGFD, NPS, BLM, BOR, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Project Duration:

September 2018 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Erin Tracy, Kristina Riemer, and Scott Bonar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Status of Sonora and Desert Sucker Populations in the Lower Salt and Verde River Systems

Project Partners:

AZGFD

Project Duration:

January 2024 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Scott Bonar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Regan Doss

Use of Ultrasonic Imaging to Evaluate Egg Maturation of Humpback Chub Gila cypha in Grand Canyon

Project Partners:

USGS

Project Duration:

June 2013 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Scott Bonar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Morgan Brizendine

Using Ponds Containing Native Fishes to Teach Fundamental Ecological Concepts to High School Students

Project Partners:

Cloverdale Fellowship Program, UA/US Peace Corps, AZGFD, USGS

Project Duration:

2019 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Scott Bonar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Emily Freed

Using Social Psychology in Videos to Acquaint Environmentally Apathetical People with Little Known Fishes

Project Partners:

USFWS, Nevada Department of Wildlife, USGS

Project Duration:

January 2016 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Scott Bonar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Taylor Ulrich

Utilizing Radio Telemetry to Examine Habitat Use of Black Bass and Desert Sucker Throughout the Year in the Wilderness Tributaries to the Verde River, Arizona

Project Partners:

USFS, USGS

Project Duration:

September 2020 to Present

Principal Investigator(s):

Scott Bonar

Graduate Assistant(s):

Kaitlyn Gahl