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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

Who Are the Tornado Tourists?

Like big game hunting guides giving tourists a glimpse of African lions, a growing group of commercial storm chasing companies are providing people from all over the world a close look at tornadoes. Gaining in popularity since the movie Twister…[more]

By College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
07-14-2010

Beebe Honors Wildlife Officer With Medal of Valor

It was a day to remember for Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Wildlife Officer Michael Neal. Neal was honored last week for his heroics during a fierce gun battle in West Memphis. Gov. Mike Beebe presented Neal with the Medal…[more]

By Arkansas Game and Fish
06-24-2010

Saving the Bats

Kathryn Womack’s graduate studies at the University of Missouri School of Natural Resources into the habitats of bats is quickly going from an academic pursuit to one that may play a role in saving the nocturnal creatures from an epidemic.…[more]

Randy Mertens for MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources


06-02-2010

Young Arkansans Win State-Fish Art Contest

Three young Arkansas artists won their age divisions in the 2010 State-Fish Art Contest.

Taylor Phillips of El Dorado won the fourth-grade to sixth-grade division, Desirai Myers of Cabot won the seventh-ninth division and Allison Backus of Lakeview…[more]

By Arkansas Game and Fish
05-13-2010

Springdale Man Wins Third Straight National Gobbling Title

For the third year in a row, Stephan Richardson’s focus, talent and practice paid off when he won the Gobbling Division at the Wild Turkey Bourbon/NWTF Grand National Turkey Calling Championships in Nashville, Tenn.

The competitions took place…[more]

By Arkansas Game and Fish
03-11-2010
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