Angela Palacios

Biological Technician, Angela Palacios, majored in Renewable Natural Resources at the University of Arizona. Angela got her start with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2008 with the New Mexico Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office. While in New Mexico, Angela maintained aquaculture facilities, assisted in field population surveys of fishes in rivers throughout New Mexico, and lead the office's outreach efforts including the Native Fish in the Classroom program. 

As of July 2021, Angela is based at the Achii Hanyo Native Fish Rearing Facility, a satellite facility of Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery. Angela maintains the facilities and multiple  Razorback Sucker and Bonytail Chub production ponds. These ponds provide grow-out sites for the endangered Razorback Sucker and Bonytail Chub species for recovery purposes.