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Arkansas Students Win 2011 State Fish Art Contest

Three young artists from Arkansas will represent the state at the annual State-Fish Art Expo June 24-25 at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, Texas.

The winners are:

Grades 4-6, Parker Wright, Fort Smith Grades…[more]

By Arkansas Game and Fish
05-13-2011

Dover High School Teammates Win State Fishing Championship

Kendall Goates and Cody Chessher were the top anglers in the Student Angler Federation Arkansas State High School Bass Fishing Championship May 7 on Lake Maumelle. The duo pulled in a total of five fish weighing 12.25 pounds.

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By Arkansas Game and Fish
05-13-2011

MU Anthropologist: Missouri Elk are Being Reintroduced in the Wrong Part of the State

According to prehistoric records, elk roamed the northwestern part of Missouri until 1865. Now, the Missouri Department of Conservation is planning to reintroduce elk, but this time in the southeast part of the state. While a University of Missouri anthropologist…[more]

By MUNews
05-03-2011

Colorado Visitor Finds 8.66-Carat White Diamond at Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park

Many dream of finding a big diamond at Arkansas’s diamond site and yesterday’s 8.66-carat diamond find by Beth Gilbertson of Salida, Colorado, proves that dreams can still come true. According to Park Superintendent Justin Dorsey, “Large diamonds continue to be…[more]

By Jill M. Rohrbach, Ark. Dept. of Parks and Tourism
04-28-2011

Bringing a Bird Back From the Brink

The Tuamotu Kingfisher is a Pacific island bird with a cream-colored head, blue and green feathers, and a white underbelly. It sings with its mate. Males, during courtship, bring lizards to their girlfriends, banging the reptiles against…[more]

By Randy Mertens
04-01-2011

Insect Collector Finds Species New to Arkansas

An insect not previously recorded in Arkansas was collected recently by Jessica Hartshorn, a University of Arkansas graduate student in Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences and an avid insect collector.

Hartshorn collected the Acanthocephala…[more]

By University of Arkansas
03-08-2011

Visitor Finds 2.44-Carat Brown Diamond at Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park

A successful diamond miner needs patience and perseverance. Steve Crutchfield, a 56-year-old carpenter from Friendship, Arkansas knows this after having visited Arkansas’s diamond site, the Crater of Diamonds State Park, more than 20 times over the past three months. On…[more]

By Jill M. Rohrbach, Ark. Dept. of Parks and Tourism
11-24-2010

Civil War Weather Detectives

Historians and military analysts have pored over the Wilson’s Creek battle that occurred during the first months of the Civil War for clues about an event where Missouri was almost lost to the Union. While artifacts and written records detail…[more]

By Randy Mertens
08-10-2010

Volunteers Help Make Fishing Memories for Children with Illnesses

Volunteers recently came together to take almost 170 kids from Oklahoma Children’s Hospital fishing at Lake Texoma. Camp Cavett offers outdoor experiences to children who are undergoing treatments for illnesses such as heart disease, cancer, sickle cell anemia and other…[more]

By Oklahoma Dept of Wildlife Conservation
07-20-2010

National Geographic Special Features Missouri Alligator Gar Expert

When National Geographic producers were looking for an expert to interview on alligator gar eating habits, they called Chris Kennedy in Cape Girardeau. Kennedy works with alligator gar as part of his duties as the Missouri Department of Conservation’s Southeast…[more]

By Missouri Dept. of Conservation
07-15-2010
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