Primary Function: Provide technical expertise to the San Carlos Apache Indian Tribe, especially related to the development and maintenance of quality cold and warm water recreational fisheries.

Habitat: 8,000 hectare San Carlos Reservoir, and all other streams and impoundments of the San Carlos, Tohono O'Odham, Fort McDowell, and Salt River Indian Reservations.

Recreation and Education: Reservation recreational cold and warm water fisheries, wildlife observation, study, and photography.

Special Note: The San Carlos Indian Reservation is host to an ongoing global climate change study focusing on the endangered Gila topminnow in Bylas Springs.