Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program: Arizona
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Arizona Technical Assistance Activities

Photo of landscape taken at a Arizona reservoir.

Unit scientists offer a variety of fish and wildlife technical assistance to state and federal cooperators and private organizations. This assistance has included workshops on fish and wildlife monitoring techniques, conservation genetics and techniques for working with the public on fish and wildlife issues; assistance and advice with agency threatened and endangered species recovery groups; technical consultation on fish and wildlife issues for scientists and managers in other countries; and review of data and reports from management agencies and universities.

Description and Agency Provider(s) Date
Volunteered to participate in the 2003 Mountain Lion Track Survey in the Tucson Mountain District of Saguaro National Park
 Culver February 2003
Technical advise on various aspects of genetic techniques from protocols for DNA extraction from hair, bone, saliva, and feather samples to recommending primers for species identification, sex determination (birds, bears, and felids) and microsatellite amplification (bears and felids). Also provide advise on data analysis.
 Culver June 2004
Provided short course to Arizona Game and Fish Biologists entitled: Essential, Practical Communication Skills for Natural Resource Professionals. Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, Arizona, April 2016 (Invited Workshop).
Arizona Game and Fish Department 		Bonar August 2017
Provided recommendations to USFWS employees regarding effects of various kinds of development and various kinds of wetland manipulation on endangered rails in the southwestern U.S.
 Conway October 2002
Provided recommendations to USFWS Ecological Services Office on approaches for standardizing requirements for permit requests to conduct surveys on endangered Yuma Clapper Rails and training needed for agency biologists to conduct surveys.
 Conway February 2003
Provided recommendations for how to improve management of wildlife on Havasu National Wildlife Refuge as an invited outside member of a technical review panel
 Conway June 2003
Provided periodic expert opinion to the Yuma Clapper Rail Advisory Team, a multi-agency group organized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The team makes recommendations regarding management and recovery of the federally-endangered Yuma Clapper Rail and coordinates activities among all federal, state, and tribal governments.
 Conway May 2004
Provided expert opinions to biologists in US Bureau of Land Management and Arizona Game and Fish Department regarding efforts to revegetate a large burned area along the Colorado River to help restore habitat for the state-endangered California Black Rail. The 2 agencies were developing a management plan for the revegetation effort and the scientist exchanged many emails and had numerous phone conversations with them to advise them with their revegetation plan.
 Conway February 2004
Provided expert advice to Town of Marana and Arizona Game and Fish Department on burrowing owl habitat preferences and land use as part of their efforts to develop a Habitat Conservation Plan.
 Conway March 2004
Provided advice on ways to estimate detection probability during standardized call-broadcast surveys for wetland birds.
 Conway September 2002
Provided advice and consultation to Arizona Game and Fish Department biologist who was writing a species account for the Arizona Breeding Bird Atlas.
 Conway September 2002
Provide technical assistance to USFWS and other agencies regarding the design and implementation of marsh bird monitoring efforts on refuges and management areas
many state agencies 		Conway January 2001
Participated on a Conservation Genetics Panel for the Native Fishes Conservation Team Meeting, advised on fish genetics issues.
 Culver June 2005
Participated in conference call for board members of Trout Unlimited regarding genetic issues relevant to endangered fishes.
 Culver February 2004
Participated in Search Committee for Coop Unit Assistant Leader, AZ CFWRU
USGS 		Culver September 2020
Participated in RGE panel organized by Steve Hilburger
USGS 		Culver April 2021
Panel Member on an RGE National Promotion Review Panel
 Conway August 2002
One of 15 scientists invited by NPS (I was ornitholgical expert) to participate in the Madrona Pools Pulse project and workshop to evaluate a sensitive area of the national park and make recommendations on several proposed development options.
 Conway May 2003
Met with National Park Service biologists regarding research necessary to demonstrate a link between groundwater depletion and viability of bird populations in Saguaro National Park.
 Conway March 2004
Met with Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society's Burrowing Owl coordinator to discuss ways their society could contribute to burrowing owl recovery in the state of Washington.
 Conway January 2003
Invited to sit on RGE National Promotion Review Panel
 Conway August 2002
Invited to serve on external review committee for Arizona Game and Fish Department's research program on the federally endangered Cactus Ferriginous Pygmy Owl
 Conway October 2000
Invited to participate on a jaguar conservation panel discussion at a jaguar meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico
 Culver November 2004
Invited to participate in NAS review of taxonomy for the Red Wolf which will include writing a request for applicants for research proposals and a scientific research design for addressing ancient red wolf lineages.
National Academy of Sciences 		Culver October 2019
Invited to participate and present a talk at the Working Group for the West Mojave Conservation Plan. I was invited as 1 of 3 external experts on the Burrowing Owl to provide expert opinion to the Working Group which consists of representatives from city, county, state (CDFG), and federal governments (USFWS, BLM).
multi-agency 		Conway June 2008
Invited to lead a conference call with USFWS regional migratory bird coordinators to discuss and explain national program for standardized marsh bird surveys
 Conway April 2002
Invited to be member of USFWS User Acceptance Team (UAT) for designing and implementing a marsh bird monitoring program for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Wildlife Refuge System.
USFWS 		Conway October 2005
Invited member of the Masked Bobwhite Recovery Team, an interagency team coordinated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2008-2014.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 		Conway December 2008
Invited by USFWS to be member of the technical biological review team for Cibola National Wildlife Refuge – role was to recommend changes in management direction of the refuge
USFWS 		Conway May 2005
Invited by USFWS Migratory Bird Office to be member of the Steering Committee for planning an international technical workshop on marsh bird monitoring in North America and attending periodic conference calls and developing and commenting on documents to develop a continental strategy for monitoring and management of marsh birds.
USFWS 		Conway October 2005
Gave recommendations to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife on potential mitigation measures for Burrowing Owl losses caused by developers in eastern Washington
 Conway December 2000
Gave input on fish habitat use to modelers of instream flow, developing a model for use by the national USFS instream flow program
US Forest Service Instream Flow Program 		Bonar, Gahl, Jenney December 2023
Devils Hole Pupfish advisory group. Advised operations of the new Devils Hole Pupfish facility
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Las Vegas Field Office/Sacramento Regional Office 		Bonar, Feuerbacher, Chaudoin, Mapula June 2009
Consulted with biologists at Arizona Game and Fish Department regarding suitable locations and appropriate designs for installation of artificial nest burrows for burrowing owls in southern Arizona.
 Conway April 2004
Co-developed and co-instructed an 2-hour workshop entitled "Standard Freshwater Fish Sampling" that was presented (virtually) at World Fisheries Congress 2021
World Fisheries Congress 		Pope, Bonar September 2021
Bonar, S. A. Desert Fishes Conservation Team – Arizona Game and Fish Department – Makes recommendations to AGFD Management on Desert Fish activities statewide. Coordinates activities with other agencies. Member March 2003 to present.
Arizona Game and Fish Department 		Bonar March 2003
Bonar, S. A. 2008-2011. Desert Fish Scientific Advisor. U.S. Forest Service In-Stream Flow Legal Team
Arizona Game and Fish Department 		Bonar, Mercado-Silva January 2008
Bonar, S. A. Devils Hole Pupfish Recovery Team – Asked to provide input to Devils Hole Pupfish recovery, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/National Park Service.
Nevada Division of Wildlife 		Bonar November 2007
Beginning in the summer of 2023 I was the faculty mentor for an undergraduate Dorris Duke Scholar in the University of Arizona's School of Environment and Natural Resources. I worked with the scholar and one of my graduate students to design a research question and study design that the scholar could investigate and worked with the scholar to collect, analyze, and present the data. This assistance has continued by helping to prepare and review posters presented at the 2024 Joint Annual Meeting of the Arizona and New Mexico Wildlife and American Fisheries Societies and the 2024 Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society.
University of Arizona 		Bauder June 2023
Beginning in the Fall of 2021, I began helping a PhD student, Marina Morandini, at the University of Arizona complete the final chapter of her dissertation. I was specifically sought out for my experience in movement and habitat selection analyses and was instrumental in helping Ms. Morandini complete this chapter.
University of Arizona 		Bauder August 2021
Beginning in March 2022, I began supervising a PhD student, Rollie Grinder, from the University of Arizona's Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) Department as part of an internship required by EEB. I was specifically sought out for my expertise in statistical modeling. I have worked with Ms. Grinder to complete an analysis of amphibian occupancy data and we are preparing a manuscript for publication.
University of Arizona 		Bauder March 2022
Beginning in February 2024, I began supervising a PhD student, Henrey Deese, from the University of Arizona's Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) Department as part of an internship required by EEB. Henrey's internship centered on examining ectoparasite communities on Gambel's quail and conducting a literature review of the effects of backpack-style transmitter harnesses on quail survival. Henrey's work was done in collaboration with my MS student Alexis Rickert.
University of Arizona 		Bauder February 2024
Assisted with questions on standardized sampling in Arizona
 Bonar January 2003
Assisted Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists and British Columbia biologists in a collaborative assistance effort to capture burrowing owls in Washington for use in the BC captive breeding program.
 Conway May 2004
Assisted Washington Department of Fish and Wildife biologists and British Columbia biologists in a collaborative assistance effort to capture burrowing owls in Washington for use in the BC captive breeding program.
 Conway June 2003
Assisted Director of School of Renewable Natural Resources and Development Office of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences with obtaining land, cabin, and endowment from a potential donor.
 Conway June 2003
Asked to serve on a planning committee to recommend funding priorities for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Webless Migratory Game Bird program. Organized a 3-day workshop with 30 experts from North America.
USFWS 		Conway, Nadeau August 2008
Asked to serve as a judge for the SNRE ​natural resources photo competition. University service.
University of Arizona, SNRE 		Bonar December 2023
Asked to provide external scientific review (and recommendations) of a proposal submitted to Arizona Game and Fish Department against removing artificial water cachements for bighorn sheep throughout the state.
 Conway January 2001
Asked to participate in a series of conference calls by the tri-national Commission for Environmental Conservation (CEC) to make recommendations on research recommendations for Burrowing Owls.
 Conway August 2003
Asked to be reviewer for promotion and tenure package of Dr. C. Bradley Dabbert, Department of Natural Resources Management at Texas Tech University.
Texas Tech University 		Conway September 2009
Asked to be reviewer for post-professional promotion package of Dr. William R. Eddleman, Chair of the Biology Department at Southeast Missouri State University.
Southeast Missouri State University 		Conway November 2005
Arizona Game and Fish Department University Summit
Arizona Game and Fish Department 		Bonar June 2010
Advised Salt River Project personnel on effects of introduced fishes on native fishes in the Verde River, Arizona
 Bonar, Leslie, Velez January 2004
Advised BLM attorneys and biologists on the effects of elevated water temperatures on fishes of the San Pedro River, Arizona
 Bonar, Carveth, Widmer May 2004
Accepted invitation to become a member of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Bi-national Ocelot Recovery Team, Technical Subcommittee.
 Culver February 2003
AGFD Research Branch - Advised on a striped bass research project
 Bonar June 2004
Role - Description Provider         Start Date        End Date       
Representative, Library Council, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona Culver July 2003 Present
Organizer - Seminar Series, School of Natural Resources and the Environment - Selected and contacted speakers for the Spring 2016 Seminar Series for the School Bonar November 2015 May 2016
Member, Strategic Planning Committee, School of Natural Resources and Environment - Help advise director on policy for School of Natural Resources at the University of Arizona Bonar January 2009 Present
Member, Silliman Memorial Research Award Committee Conway January 2002 August 2011
Member, School of Natural Resources Newsletter Committee Conway June 2006 July 2007
Member, School of Natural Resources Laboratory Committee, University of Arizona Bonar July 2001 July 2002
Member, School of Natural Resources Advanced Resources Technology Advisory Committee Conway July 2006 July 2007
Member, SNR Computer Resources Committee Conway June 2006 July 2007
Member, Recruitment and Retention Committee, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona Bonar July 2003 Present
Member, Recruitment and Retention Committee, School of Natural Resources, Univ of Arizona Conway June 2005 June 2006
Member, O'Brien Diversity Committee, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona Culver September 2004 June 2005
Member, O'Brien Diversity Committee, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona Conway October 2004 June 2005
Member, Newsletter Committee, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona Conway August 2003 August 2004
Member, Natural Resources Department Policy Committee, University of Arizona Bonar July 2001 July 2002
Member, Laboratory and Facility Resources Committee, School of Natural Resources - Provide advice to help manage schools laboratories and facilities Bonar September 2016 Present
Member, Laboratory Coordination Committee, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona Culver July 2004 Present
Member, Inclusive Excellence Committee, SNRE - Work together with committee of 8 faculty and grad students to ensure that gender and diversity inclusiveness is attained in all aspects of our department from recruitment and retention of students and faculty to all other activities. Culver June 2016 Present
Member, Human Dimensions Curriculum Committee - Help design School of Natural Resources Human Dimensions Coursework Curricula Bonar August 2016 Present
Member, Faculty Small Grant Review Committee, University of Arizona Culver September 2004 November 2004
Member, Faculty Search Committee, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona - review applications, meet to discuss applicants, and conduct interviews for new faculty members in the department. Culver October 2005 September 2015
Member, Faculty Search Committee, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona Conway June 2001 December 2001
Member, Faculty Search Committee, Large Mammal Ecologist, School of Natural Resources and the Environment - Providing feedback on the job description, reviewing applications, interviewing candidates. Bauder September 2021 April 2022
Member, Faculty Hiring Committee - Work as part of a team to interview and provide recommendations on new faculty hire. Bonar September 2015 January 2016
Member, Computer Resources Committee, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona Conway August 2002 May 2003
Member, Agricultural Experiment Station Proposal Review Committee, University of Arizona Conway March 2001 May 2001
Member, APR Self Study Committee - Prepare for UA School of Natural Resources and the Environment external review. Bonar September 2016 Present
Fisheries Advisor - UA Student Wildlife and Fisheries Organization - Manage AFS activities with the student AFS members in the department. Bonar September 2010 Present
Evaluation Professor Flurin Babst - Evaluated teaching of Dr. Flurin Babst for ​SNRE at the UA Bonar November 2023 Present
Co Manager, UA Doris Duke Training Program - Help manage Doris Duke Program at the University of Arizona for underrepresented students. Manage graduate student portion of program. Bonar August 2015 Present
Chair, Futures Task Force for School of Natural Resources Conway August 2007 August 2008
Chair, Departmental Seminar Committee, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona Culver July 2004 December 2004
Chair, Departmental Seminar Committee, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona Conway January 2003 May 2003
Chair SNRE Seminar Committee - Invite and host weekly speakers for the SNRE Department. This year the theme is Native Americans involved in Natural Resources and Traditional Ecological Knowledge. Culver March 2020 May 2021
Role and Organization Individual         Start Date        End Date       
President Elect, Arizona Chapter of The Wildlife Society Culver February 2014 Present
Member, external review committee for Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl research Conway September 2000 December 2000
Member, USFWS/NPS Mohave Tui Chub Recovery Team Bonar September 2003 October 2005
Member, Technical committee for the Ocelot Recovery Team Culver February 2003 Present
Member, Southern Arizona Federal Women's Program Interagency Council Culver March 2005 Present
Member, Scientific Advisory Council, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory Conway February 2005 June 2008
Member, Research Grade Evaluation Panel, USGS Culver September 2009 September 2009
Member, Research Grade Evaluation Panel, U.S. Geological Survey Conway June 2002 August 2002
Member, Research Grade Evaluation Panel, U.S. Geological Survey Culver February 2005 February 2005
Member, Mohave Tui Chub Recovery Team Bonar September 2003 Present
Member, Marsh Bird User Acceptance Team, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conway October 2005 October 2007
Member, Kanab ambersnail working group Culver January 2004 Present
Member, Desert Fishes Recovery Team Bonar September 2003 Present
Member, Arizona Burrowing Owl Working Group Conway March 2007 May 2008
Member, Apache Trout Recovery Research Project Advisory Panel, AZG&F Bonar August 2000 August 2000
Member Sonoran Pronghorn Recovery Team Culver February 2009 Present
Faculty Advisor, Natural Resources Graduate Student Organization Conway May 2007 August 2011
Council Member, Wild Felid Research and Management Association Culver May 2008 May 2013
Outreach Activity Provider(s)        Date       
Yule, J. V. 2008. Book Review: The conservation professional’s guide to working with people. Quarterly Review of Biology. March, 2008. Describes and reviews Scott Bonar’s, “The conservation professional’s guide to working with people”. Bonar September 2009
Wrote article "The basics of sampling fish in lakes and ponds" for North American Lake Management Societies' Magazine "Lakeline". Bonar March 2004
Wrote an article with 11 other coauthors around the world for the journal "Nature" on the World Aquatic Societies Statement on Climate Change. Bonar, S. A. and 11 coauthors. More than 100<br>aquatic-science<br><br>societies sound<br><br>climate alarm 589:352 Bonar January 2021
Went with Trout Unlimited representatives into a site way back in the Arizona wilderness to look at trout populations devastated by wildfires and discuss potential restoration methods. Bonar April 2018
Water: Speaking for the fish with Professor Scott A. Bonar. Canadian Podcast, Rebalancing Act Bonar July 2021
Was the guest speaker at the bi-weekly meeting of the University of Arizona Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Bauder November 2021
The scientist worked with a computer engineer in spring of 2004 to design a professional web site that will include a separate web page for each Unit research project and for each member of the Unit research staff. Conway May 2004
The local ABC affiliate (KVEW) in Kennewick Washington produced and aired a 10-minute news story on my burrowing owl project in eastern Washington. Conway July 2001
The large, multi-agency cooperative research on the effects of prescribed fire on endangered rails for which the scientist is the team leader was the front-page story for the Yuma Daily Sun on 8 March 2004. The newspaper had a reporter and a photographer come out in the field for one of the prescribed burns associated with the project and interviewed the scientist as well as other members of the team from USFWS, BLM. Conway March 2004
The daily newspaper in Tucson (The Arizona Daily Star) published a feature article on my Band-tailed Pigeon project in Arizona. Conway July 2002
The daily newspaper for the Tri-Cities area of eastern Washington (The Tri-City Herald) published a second front-page feature article on my burrowing owl project in eastern Washington. The article included 4 color pictures of my field crew and field methods, status of the owl in WA and in North America, and the goals of our multi-agency research project. Conway July 2003
The Tri-City Herald (large newspaper serving eastern Washington) produced and ran a front-page story explaining how the scientist's research on Burrowing Owls in eastern Washington is helping state and federal land management agencies in the region better manage their lands to prevent future declines of this species of management concern (Officials to study burrowing owls: scientists surprised some birds stayed in area during the winter). The newspaper sent a reporter and a photographer out in field with the scientist's research staff for a day to get material for the story. Conway February 2004
The Spokane Spokesman-Review (largest daily newspaper in Spokane, WA) picked up the front-page story on the scientist's research on Burrowing Owls from the Tri-City Herald off the AP and ran the story on 25 February 2004 Conway February 2004
The Los Angeles Times published an article on the effects of the devastating wildfires on birds and birding industry in southern Arizona and included quotes from me based on my research on the effects of fire on birds in southern Arizona. Conway May 2002
Streams of Mt. Graham - A video made for the USFS Coronado National Forest for Visitor Center Use. Education film with underwater videography made in streams containing Apache Trout and Gila Trout. Bonar September 2016
Sponsored a visiting faculty member and his lab from the University of Washington for 3 months. Conway August 2002
Sekercioglu, C. H. 2008. People skills for the conservation professional. Ecology 89(3)882-883, Describes and reviews Scott Bonar’s book, “The conservation professional’s guide to working with people”. Bonar September 2008
Sanchez, D. M. 2008. Bonar, S. A. 2007. The conservation professional’s guide to working with people. Journal of Mammalogy, 89(3):791–792. Describes and reviews Scott Bonar’s book. Bonar October 2008
Recestar, M., and Bonar, S. A. 2008. New temperature tolerance studies on Apache trout (Oncorhynchus Apache). Fish Soup – AFS AZ/NM Chapter. Fall 2008:5. Bonar, Recsetar November 2008
Presenter, Student Job Fair, American Fisheries Society Anual Meeting, Phoenix,Arizona Bonar August 2001
Northwest Public Radio visited one of the scientist's study sites and did a full 6-minute story Burrowing Owl Habitat Threatened by Development on their program Morning Edition on 15 March 2004. The radio piece highlighted how the scientist's research was helping land management agencies in the region resolve problems caused by urban development. Conway March 2004
Newpaper article appeared Tucson's daily newspaper (Arizona Daily Star) regarding the town of Marana's efforts to develop a Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan. The article was based on a interview I had with a Star reporter and the article quoted me as a expert on burrowing owls (one of the species included in the HCP). Conway August 2003
Mills, Helena. 2008. The Conservation Professional’s Guide to Working with People. Ecological Management and Restoration. 9:164. Describes and reviews Scott Bonar’s book. Bonar September 2008
Meet with Arizona's Master Gardeners and spoke about desert fishes. Bonar April 2018
Life Underwater in Sabino Creek Video Presentation - Plays at Sabino Canyon Visitor Center, USFS Coronado National Forest. Education presentation and underwater videography of desert fish shot in Sabino Canyon, a popular southern Arizona recreation site. Bonar, Powers August 2015
Led development of <i>Statement of World Aquatic Scientific Societies on the Need to Take Urgent Action against Human-Caused Climate Change</i>, Based on Scientific Evidence, in which 111 of the world's leading aquatic scientific societies authored or joined. These societies were from all 7 continents representing over 80,000 scientists and had expertise ranging from plankton to fish to mammals. This was extensively peer-reviewed and should be in "other" category, but it is not letting me save there. Bonar September 2020
Led a half-day field trip for the Yuma Birding and Nature Festival. Conway April 2001
Invited to participate in half-day workshop with Arizona Desert Museum, Sonoran Institute, National Park Service, and Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit to identify potential coordinated research projects in the region that would be of interest to all/most state and federal agencies and conservation organizations. Conway July 2002
Invited to lead a half-day field trip on the lower Colorado River marshes to teach vocalizations and natural history of rails and other marsh birds for participants of the annual Yuma Birding and Nature Festival Conway April 2002
Invited to give a one-hour presentation entitled "Rails, Rails, Rails" at the annual Yuma Birding and Nature Festival. Conway April 2002
Invited to deliver a 45-minute presentation on wildlife of southeast Arizona to the Tucson Chapter of American Heritage Girls during their 2024 Outdoor Skills Badge Campout and to teach the Wildlife Awareness component of the badge requirement. Over 50 children and parents attended the presentation. Bauder September 2024
Interwiewed by NPR reported for a story on the carnivore study in collaboration with Grand Canyon National Park. Culver August 2002
Interviewed on <i>The Fisheries Blog</i> on my activities as President of the American Fisheries Society Bonar August 2020
Interviewed by reporter for Living on Earth Radio Program on the topic of eastern pumas. Culver April 2004
Hour presentation on rails and other marsh birds for the First Annual Yuma Birding and Nature Festival. Conway April 2001
Hosted scientist from Purdue University for visit to Tucson. Coordinated nature hikes for wildlife (herps, birds, etc.) and flowers for visiting scientist. Culver April 2005
Hosted scientist from Namibia for visit to Tucson. Organized departmental seminar for visiting scientist Culver October 2003
Hosted 2 scientists from the Canadian Wildlife Service for visit to Tucson. Organized departmental seminar, meeting with graduate students, and field trip for their visit. Conway February 2002
Heather K. Catuzo 2008. The Conservation Professional’s Guide to Working with People Scott A. Bonar. Ecological Restoration. 26(3): 276-277; Describes and reviews Scott Bonar’s book. Bonar October 2008
Guest speaker for the 14th Annual Fort Huachuca Track Count, hosted by the Sky Island Alliance Culver May 2003
Fridgen, C. 2008. Book Review: The conservation professional’s guide to working with people. Scott A. Bonar. Environmental Practice 10:81. Describes and reviews Scott Bonar’s book Bonar October 2008
Flash Floods and Safety. A film made for the School of Natural Resources Film Festival Bonar October 2015
CNN.com picked up the front-page story on the scientist's research on Burrowing Owls from the Tri-City Herald off the AP and ran the story on 25 February 2004 Conway February 2004
CBS.com, CNN.com, ESPN outdoors, the Associated Press and several Arizona newspapers wrote articles on the rescue of Gila Chub from the oncoming Aspen Fire and subsequent research projects at the Unit to propagate and raise these fishes. The Gila Chub is proposed for listing as endangered. Bonar December 2003
Bonar, S.A. 2009. How the California Fish and Game turned community opinion around. Island Press Author’s Blog. Discusses the Lake Davis controversy and how it was handled by the CDFG. Bonar March 2009
Bonar, S.A. 2009. Don’t wait, Communicate. Island Press Author’s Blog. Discusses the importance of communication skills in Natural Resources. Bonar February 2009
Bonar, S. A. 2020. The amazing 150th anniversary of the American Fisheries Society. <i>Fisheries</i> 45:387. DOI: 10.1002/fsh.10454 Bonar August 2020
Bonar, S. A. 2020. Ode to the civil servant. <i>Fisheries</i> 45:175-176. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10433 Bonar March 2020
Bonar, S. A. 2020. Make your science go further with standard procedures! Fisheries 45:59-60. DOI: 10.1002/fsh.10402 Bonar February 2020
Bonar, S. A. 2020. Learn the basics, save the world. <i>Fisheries</i> 45:3. DOI: 10.1002/fsh.10383 Bonar January 2020
Bonar, S. A. 2020. Coronavirus, climate change, and a bit of hope. <i>Fisheries</i> 45:223-224. DOI: 10.1002/fsh.10444 Bonar May 2020
Bonar, S. A. 2020. An ecosystem, if you can keep it. <i>Fisheries</i> 45:115. DOI: 10.1002/fsh.10420 . Bonar February 2020
Bonar, S. A. 2020. American Fisheries Society approves joining World Aquatic Scientific Societies' Statement on Human-Caused Climate Change. <i>Fish Soup</i>. Newsletter of the AZ-NM Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Volume 54 - Summer 2020. Bonar July 2020
Bonar, S. A. 2020. AFS making history during an historic year. <i>Fisheries</i> 45:291.<b>DOI: </b>10.1002/fsh.10482 Bonar May 2020
Bonar, S. A. 2019. Turn this ship around! <i>Fisheries</i> 44:459-460. DOI: 10.1002/fsh.10347. Bonar October 2019
Bonar, S. A. 2019. Now is the time for action. <i>Fisheries</i> 44:391. DOI: 10.1002/fsh.10336. Bonar September 2019
Bonar, S. A. 2019. Having a rough conversation? Try this! <i>Fisheries</i> 44:563. DOI: 10.1002/fsh.10381 Bonar December 2019
Bonar, S. A. 2019. "Making a difference" - A few tips. <i>Fisheries</i> 44:511-512. DOI: 10.1002/fsh.10363 Bonar November 2019
Bonar, S. A. 2008. Web Site: The conservation professionals guide to working with people. Available at www.workingwithpeoplebook.com Bonar January 2009
Article titled "DNA and the Origins for North American Pumas" for Wild Cat News Culver October 2005
Archdeacon, T. P. and S. A. Bonar. 2009. Care and spawning of the endangered Mohave tui chub in captivity. American Currents 35(2): 9-12. Bonar September 2009
An editor of the national magazine "Golf Course News" visited my study site of my burrowing owl project in eastern Washington and wrote an article for their magazine on the project. Citation for article: Overbeck, A. 2002. Washington courses providing habitat for burrowing owls. Golf Course News 14:6-9. Conway August 2002

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