Well, I've been lurking here on and off and have posted a reply or two on the FB group page, so I figure I may as well introduce myself.
I'm a Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences student with Oregon State, but... I live in Tucson. I've actually never even been to Oregon. I'm a "non-traditional student" attending full time online (plus working full time) and am a little bit older than a typical undergrad - I took an 8 year "break" from the Env. Sci. degree that I was originally pursuing.
I'm a desert nut, so that pretty much eliminates any chance of collecting local native species for personal collections (and AZ laws regarding transport of live fish eliminates the rest), but I have kept other NA natives (mostly Lepomis sp.). The only natives I have right now though, are G. affinis. Not very exciting, but their fecundity and invasive potential is impressive. I also have a couple of tilapia, a handful of goldfish (that I PIT tagged), a bunch of "wild-type" feeder guppies, and a single European carp (a little bitty fellow - was in with some feeder goldfish). I have another 20 gallon tank that I'm going to be setting up soon, and have space for more . Thankfully my wife doesn't care too much about what happens in my fish room...