Heidi Blasius

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  Eastern Arizona Courier - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/27/2004    Last Visited: 10/28/2004  

  Heidi Blasius, who has worked as a fisheries biologist for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for one year and the Arizona Game and Fish Department in Tucson for six years, said she came across an injured turtle at Dry Canyon, which is a popular fishing area in the Gila River Corridor.
  
  Blasius found the distressed turtle while fish sampling in the Gila River, which is the turtle's natural habitat.
  
  She spotted trouble while showing her co-workers the native Sonoran mud turtle as she was walking back to her vehicle in early September.
  
  Blasius noticed a fish line hanging from the turtle.She thought it was caught in its hood or shell and was going to remove it.
  
  Unfortunately, the hook, lodged in the turtle's mouth, could not be removed.
  
  "I figured he had swallowed the hook," Blasius said."We transported him back to Safford."
  
  She said a BLM volunteer transported the turtle to the Tucson Wildlife Center, which is a rehabilitation facility.The turtle was taken to a veterinarian who specializes in reptiles and amphibians.
  
  Blasius said the veterinarians removed the hook from the turtle's abdomen.The hook caused the turtle to have an abscess in its abdomen.The hook was removed through the neck and saved the creature's life.
  
  The surgeon used an endoscope, which is a little camera that photographed the insides of the turtle to find the root of the problem.
  
  "If the turtle had not had the hook removed," Blasius said, "it would have eventually died."
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  "It was really touch-and-go," Blasius said.
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  Blasius said people throw litter on the ground even when the garbage pails are three feet away.Soda cans, beer bottles, bait buckets, worm receptacles, sandwich and chip bags are the types of litter found regularly at the site.
  
  Blasius said she recently found an overturned garbage can in the river, and it did not get there on its own.
  
  "It took some people to move it and put into the river," she said."They actually had to move it.I don't understand that.
  
  "The garbage can was turned upside down, and whatever was in it ended up in the river.
  
  Blasius said she could not remove it because the water in the can made that impossible.She speculated the can eventually traversed the river.
  
  She said food, drink and bait are often piled by the river bank.
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  Blasius added, "We just want them to do it in a legal manner, in a way that makes it enjoyable for other people who are out there visiting."
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  "If a person or animal cuts its foot on glass or an animal swallows glass," Blasius said, "it's not conducive for wildlife or people.
  
  "Some people were probably fishing and figured that they were unable to unhook the turtle.They did what they thought was the best thing and cut the line."
  
  Blasius said there are facilities with wildlife rehabilitators who are licensed by the state of Arizona and the federal government to assist distressed wildlife, such as turtles, white-tail deer fawns, birds, javelinas and coyotes.

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  Arizona Game and Fish Department Wildlife News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/25/2000    Last Visited: 12/20/2005  

  They met with Game and Fish biologist Heidi Blasius, BLM biologist Jeff Simms and FWS biologist Doug Duncan.

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  Desert paradise fading - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/3/2002    Last Visited: 3/4/2002  

  Crawfish were introduced to control weeds and supply forage for sport fish, said Heidi Blasius, a fishery biologist with the Arizona Game and Fish Department.The mini-lobsters devour every level of the food chain, first mowing down plants, then insects, then slow-moving snails and worms, then small fish, frogs and snakes.

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  Details for Heidi Blasius - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/29/2006    Last Visited: 9/30/2008  

  Heidi Blasius
  
  Heidi is a fishery biologist for the Bureau of Land Management, Safford Field Office.She received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Resources with an emphasis in habitat management in 1993 and a Master of Science Degree in Zoology with an emphasis in native fish conservation and management in 1996 from Arizona State University.Her passion and love for native fish developed and was fostered while she was a student at ASU.Heidi considers herself very fortunate to be able to work with Arizona's native fish and believes it is her duty to educate the public to their plight and to speak out on their behalf.The Muleshoe tour is a fantastic tour that allows Heidi the opportunity to showcase nine species of native fish and to discuss reasons for their decline.She will also discuss current conservation and management projects that the BLM is implementing for native fish within the Safford Field Office.

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  Eastern Arizona Courier - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/20/2004    Last Visited: 12/21/2004  

  Heidi Blasius works for the BLM and regularly attends partnership meetings, but she is not the official BLM representative.She said there is often confusion in the public as to whether she is expressing her personal opinion or the position of the BLM.
  
  She said this problem might be exacerbated by designating an official representative from each agency.

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  Eastern Arizona Courier - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/9/2004    Last Visited: 2/9/2004  

  Other recent additions to the BLM office include fisheries biologist Heidi Blasius, natural resource specialists Heidi Kuska and Doug Powers, and Aravaipa Canyon park ranger Patrick O'Neill.

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  Executive Committee of the Desert Fishes Council - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/16/2008    Last Visited: 10/16/2008  

  Heidi Blasius - Bureau of Land Management , 711 14th Avenue, Safford, Arizona 85546.

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  Fish & Game Finder - Articles and Press Releases - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/18/2002    Last Visited: 7/18/2002  

  According to Heidi Blasius of Arizona Game & Fish, "the International Wildlife Museum is playing an integral role in the survival of both species by providing temporary habitat until they can be returned to O'Donnell Creek.The partnership between the International Wildlife Museum and Arizona Game & Fish has proven to be invaluable in the management and conservation of Arizona's imperiled native fish fauna."
  
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  Four Native Fish Species Return To Arizona Canyons - [Cached Version]
  Last Visited: 8/3/2008  

  The reintroduction of four native fish species is monumental and is vital since all are imperiled to various degrees," said BLM biologist Heidi Blasius.

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  Tucson Weekly : Currents : Irate Lakes - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/20/2004    Last Visited: 5/30/2004  

  G&F biologist Heidi Blasius had been conducting regular water sample monitoring at the lake and could do nothing but wait for the other shoe to drop as conditions kept deteriorating.
  
  "Just like last year, the lake began to smell like rotten eggs and turned pea-soup green with algae dying in the backs of coves," she said.

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