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| Park the Bush Hog to Benefit Wildlife |
Spring is, by far, my favorite time of year. Flowers are blooming, bees are buzzing, and turkeys are strutting in every field. Arkansas weather is beautiful and everyone wants to get outdoors. For those managing open land for wildlife, spring is prime time to sit back and enjoy the fruits… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
05/09/13 |
| Rehabilitators Available for Hurt or Orphaned Wildlife |
It happens every spring in Arkansas, and it occurs many times. An injured or orphaned animal is found. Who can help it? Wildlife rehabilitators are the helpers, and they are in many areas of the state. These are volunteers working under permits by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission for… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
05/03/13 |
| Where Does Arkansas’s Abundance of Fish Come From? |
Fish are nearly everywhere in Arkansas – lakes, rivers, streams, creeks, ponds, swamps. But what produces them? There are three sources here in 2013. First and by far the most effective is natural reproduction. Nature puts the fish in the Natural State and guides their reproduction and proliferation. Second are… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
04/26/13 |
| Damaged Section of Pipeline Removed in Mayflower |
The damaged section of a pipeline that ruptured just over two weeks ago in Mayflower has been removed. Oil that spilled from the pipeline eventually made its way to a cove south of the main body of Lake Conway, but no oil has been found in the main body of… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
04/18/13 |
| Spring Food Plots |
One of the most popular habitat management strategies utilized by landowners is planting food plots. This is done primarily to enhance wildlife habitat by improving nutrition and the overall productivity of a piece of property. In some cases, properly implemented food plots can offer up to 10 times the amount… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
04/18/13 |
| Lake Conway’s Fish Deemed Safe for Consumption |
The bream are biting at Craig D. Campbell Lake Conway Reservoir. So are the crappie. And so are the bass and the catfish. These fish are safe to eat, according to the Mayflower Incident Unified Command, a coalition of public and private organizations leading the work on the oil spill… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
04/11/13 |
| AGFC Crews Rush to Help Stop Flow of Oil Near Lake Conway |
If not for the quick work of Arkansas Game and Fish Commission staff, other state and local agencies, along with various hazardous material cleanup crews, the oil spill at Mayflower may have been much worse. Last week, a 20-inch pipeline carrying heavy Canadian crude oil burst spilling thousands of gallons… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
04/04/13 |
| Prize Money Increased to $60,000 for Hot Springs Fishing Challenge |
Big Al the Second and his fishy fellows will lurk in Lake Hamilton and Lake Catherine this summer as the Second Annual Hot Springs Fishing Challenge throws more money and more species into the net. The Second Hot Springs Fishing Challenge begins at 6 a.m. on May 1 and ends… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
04/04/13 |
| River Redhorse Record Falls at Lake Ouachita |
The Arkansas record for largest river redhorse caught on rod and reel is 8 pounds, 2 ounces, taken by D. Victor Waits of Summit Mo. Waits was fishing in the Spring River April 18, 2006, when he set the record. Miles away in a completely different habitat, Asher Kight of… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
03/28/13 |
| Arkansas Elk Harvest Reaches Record; Herd Growing |
A record 44 elk were harvested during the 2012 hunting seasons, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission biologist Wes Wright noted during last week’s monthly meeting of the Commission. In 2012, 20 bull elk and 24 antlerless elk were harvested during hunting seasons in September and October in territory near the… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
03/28/13 |
| Crooked Creek Trails Dedication Scheduled for March 30 |
Want to wet a paddle in one of the state’s best smallmouth bass streams? How about enjoying wildlife watching on trails along Crooked Creek? The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will dedicate a 22-mile water trail and almost 5 miles of hiking trails at Fred Berry Conservation Education Center on… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
03/22/13 |
| Turkey Hunting Workshop Aimed at Women |
Ladies, have you ever considered becoming a turkey hunter but did not have someone in your life to help you learn or just do not know where to start, then listen up. The Witt Stephens Jr., Central Arkansas Nature Center in downtown Little Rock is hosting a free Discover Turkey… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
03/22/13 |
| Check Water Temperature for Spring Fishing Success |
In mid-March many Arkansans are getting into fishing – if they are not already on the water in action. Spring is near. The countrysides are greening up. Fish should be biting. But the water may not be warming nearly as rapidly as the air around the anglers, according to the… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
03/14/13 |
| Fishing Tournament Benefits Arkansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry |
The annual Arkansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry team fishing tournament will be held March 16 at DeGray Lake near Arkadelphia. All of the proceeds from the tournament will go to the organization that helps to feed those less fortunate in Arkansas. Prizes included $2,000 for first place, $1,000 for second… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
03/14/13 |
| Ozarks Lakes Make List of 50 Best Crappie Locations |
Want to land some bragging size crappie? Maybe even break a current record? You’d be wise to fish the lakes rated by Fishhound.com as the best in the country for oversized slabs. Arkansas was well-represented in the list with six lakes in the top 50. Lake Dardanelle finished as the… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
03/14/13 |
| Rules Must Be Followed to Nail a State Fish Record |
The weather is warming, official spring is approaching, and many Arkansans are getting into fishing mode. This is a time when state record fish are often landed. Catching such a fish is just the beginning step in getting into the record books with your prize from lakes, rivers or streams.… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
03/07/13 |
| AGFC Youth Conservation Institute Begins This Summer |
Looking for a way to spend part of your summer and learn something about conservation in The Natural State? The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Youth Conservation Institute just may be the answer. According to AGFC Regional Education Coordinator Laura Rogers, the program is a competitive, merit-based, week-long journey into… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
03/07/13 |
| Walleye Daily Limit is Just Four in White River Lakes |
It’s the walleye fishing time of the year for many Arkansas anglers, and they need to know the limits. Walleye are found mostly in rivers but also in some lakes. Fishermen can keep six a day of any size with the exception of the five big lakes of the White… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
02/22/13 |
| Dead Eagles Found in Logan County, AR |
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are investigating two more bald eagle deaths in Arkansas. The eagles were found in Logan County just south of Booneville. Earlier this month, an eagle was found shot near Highland in Pike County. That bird death is… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
02/22/13 |
| Hunters and Wildlife Watchers Urged to Report Swans |
Hunters and wildlife watchers are urged to help count and identify Arkansas’s wintering swan populations. Karen Rowe, nongame migratory bird program leader with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, said, “Numbers of both trumpeter and tundra swans wintering in Arkansas appear to be on the increase. Some of these swans… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
02/15/13 |
| Arkansans Invited to Voice Comments on Proposed Hunting Season Regulations |
The annual public meetings concerning the state’s hunting seasons have passed, but there’s still time to send any comments or concerns to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Just visit Regulation Survey to take a quick online survey. The following considerations are being surveyed for the 2013-14 season: • Change… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
02/01/13 |
| Prescribed Fire Workshop Scheduled for March 2 |
The Arkansas Prescribed Fire Council is sponsoring a workshop for private landowners on March 2. The workshop will be held at the Camp Rockefeller Gus Blass Scout Reservation in Damascus beginning at 9 a.m. Fire in Arkansas’s forests has been an important process in the state’s ecology and landscape. Today,… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
02/01/13 |
| Winter Project: Build a Home for Friendly, Perky Wrens |
Wrens are seen in suburban yards and around rural homes all over Arkansas. In general they are people friendly. Perky and energetic, wrens are busy bug eaters too. Wrens will make use of most anything for nests – pocket of a hanging gardening apron, empty flower pot, you name it.… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
01/25/13 |
| Location a Key to Bluebird Box Nesting Success |
People in the real estate business talk about the importance of “location, location, location.” It also applies to bluebird nesting boxes. You can build or buy a bluebird box readily, but where it is put up is probably more of a factor in getting nesting success than the box itself.… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
01/24/13 |
| Public Input Meetings Scheduled Across Arkansas |
Public input is a crucial component of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s process for setting hunting and fishing regulations. The meetings are part of the AGFC’s annual hunting-regulations process, providing hunters with the opportunity to make comments and proposals on the 2013-14 hunting seasons. The meetings will be held… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
01/24/13 |
| Partnership to Restore Arkansas River Backwater Habitat |
Commissioners from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission last week approved an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore Arkansas River backwater habitat at Rector Brake and Coal Pile. The grant money will come from the Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership. SARP is a regional collaboration of natural… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
01/24/13 |
| Use That Storm Debris for Brush Piles, Smoking |
Yards and roadsides all over Arkansas are littered with trees and branches broken by the heavy snow of Christmas night. Many city residents have the debris piled at curbside waiting for municipal crews to pick it up. Some private trash haulers won’t touch it. Many more residents, though, have to… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
01/17/13 |
| AGFC Looking for Feedback on Alabama Rig |
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is gathering feedback about the use of the Alabama Rig in Arkansas. The AGFC has been conducting angler surveys on 16 lakes and 4 pools of the Arkansas River since May 2012. In an effort to gather more angler input, the AGFC has developed… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
01/17/13 |
| Jacksonville Grandmother Wins AGFC Trout-tagging Grand Prize |
For 83-year-old Rossine Jones of Jacksonville, this Christmas has been a special one for the avid angler. Jones won the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s grand prize in the agency’s Family and Community Fishing Program trout tagging. Jones caught a tagged trout at the Sherwood Community Pond on Dec. 1… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
01/11/13 |
| White River Watershed Recognized as National Blueway |
Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes announced that the White River, along with its watershed, has been named the nation’s second National Blueway. Hayes was joined by Senator Mark Pryor, Congressman Tim Griffin, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army Terrence “Rock” Salt, Deputy Undersecretary of Agriculture Ann… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
01/11/13 |
| AGFC Temporarily Closes Blue Mountain Lake to Commercial Fishing for Catfish |
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has temporarily closed commercial fishing for catfish on Blue Mountain Lake in western Arkansas. The closure is needed due to the extreme low water conditions and takes place immediately. The lake is located south of Mount Magazine in Logan and Yell counties. Commercial fishermen… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
01/11/13 |
| NRCS Accepting Applications for Key Conservation Program |
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is accepting applications to help producers improve water and air quality, build healthier soil, improve grazing and forest lands, conserve energy, enhance organic operations, and achieve other environmental benefits. NRCS has directed almost $61 million in financial assistance for fiscal 2013… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
01/11/13 |
| Donated Christmas Trees Get Second Life as Fish Habitat |
Ask any Arkansas fisherman and you’ll get a multitude of answers about how they feel when it comes to underwater structure. Anglers may curse those logs and branches that snag their brand new lures, but they know that structure is a key to a successful outing. The Arkansas Game and… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
12/14/12 |
| How’s Your Habitat? |
Looking for a way to improve habitat on your land? Hinge cut openings are a relatively cost-effective way to create more wildlife habitat diversity in low quality forested areas. Hinge cutting is simply done by cutting halfway through the tree. The tree falls and creates instant cover but does not… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
12/14/12 |
| Flooding Begins at Harris Brake WMA |
With a new water-control gate in place, flooding began this week on the 800-acre greentree reservoir north of Harris Brake Lake at Harris Brake Wildlife Management Area in Perry County. An old water gate recently was removed, and new equipment was thoroughly checked for leaks before installation was complete and… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
12/07/12 |
| Spotlighting Case Leads to 4 Arrests for Murder |
Wildlife officer Ross Spurlock unpeeled only the first layer of an onion when he arrested a Jacksonville man for killing a deer out of season and at night. Other layers removed by Cpl. Spurlock of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and by Pulaski County sheriff’s deputies ended with four… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
12/07/12 |
| AGFC Contracts Engineer for Repairs to Spring River Dam |
Commissioners with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission today authorized Crist Engineers, Inc. of Little Rock to begin design of repairs to Dam 3 at the Jim Hinkle Spring River State Fish Hatchery. A flood in late April 2011 damaged the dam’s gates, forcing the AGFC to make temporary repairs… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
12/07/12 |
| U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of AGFC |
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission in its lawsuit seeking just compensation from the United States Government for repeatedly flooding and, as a result, destroying thousands of acres of timber and habitat on Dave Donaldson Black River Wildlife Management Area. In an… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
12/07/12 |
| AGFC Stocking Tagged Rainbow Trout |
This year, thousands of rainbow trout are being stocked in the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Family and Community Fishing Program locations around the state. Among these fish are over a hundred specially tagged fish that not only offer a good meal, but a prize as well. If you catch… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
11/29/12 |
| AGFC Dedicates New Access on Little Red River |
Earlier this month, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission officially dedicated its newest access point on the Little Red River in White County. The two acre site is located near the Dewey community on Arkansas Highway 305 just to the north of Searcy. It will be known as the Monaghan-Womack… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
11/29/12 |
| AGFC Unveils New Locator Service for Smartphones |
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has released a new locator service for smartphones. It uses Geographic Information Systems data, but it doesn’t produce a map typically associated with GIS data. Instead, it simply displays the information for your location. According to AGFC Geographic Information Systems Coordinator Tracy Moy, the… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
11/27/12 |
| Lake Chicot Management Plan Input Period Closes Nov. 18 |
The Lake Chicot Management Plan is up for revision this year. The management plan is renewed every five years. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission held a public meeting on Oct. 18 to gather input from the public. An online survey for the proposed changes is still available on the… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
11/16/12 |
| ANRC Announces Arkansas Water Plan Meetings |
The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission will hold a series of public meetings designed to provide information about the Arkansas Water Plan. The meetings will be held throughout the state beginning Nov. 13 in Fayetteville. Three additional meetings will be held in Jonesboro, Little Rock and El Dorado. The Arkansas Water… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
11/09/12 |
| Knoedl Named AGFC Director |
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission today named almost 27-year veteran Mike Knoedl to serve as the agency’s director. Knoedl, who began his career with the AGFC in 1985, has served as the agency’s deputy director since 2011. Knoedl was selected with the support of all seven voting commissioners. He… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
11/01/12 |
| NRCS Accepting 2013 Environmental Quality Incentives |
Farmers and landowners in Arkansas have until Nov. 16 to submit applications to receive financial assistance to implement conservation activities through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program for the 2013 program year. Applicants can sign up at their local U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service field service center. Individuals… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
11/01/12 |
| Owning Property Doesn’t Make You an Arkansas Resident |
The question arises. Someone from Memphis or Dallas or another out of state point owns a cabin or a lot in Arkansas and wants to hunt as a resident. No, says the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Ownership of Arkansas real estate by a person living outside the state does… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
10/25/12 |
| How’s Your Habitat? |
Landowners desiring to manage their land for wildlife need to be aware that tall fescue provides no food or cover for species like deer, quail, rabbit, turkey and many other wildlife species and is considered unusable space for wildlife. The number one problem on many farms today for ground-feeding and… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
10/18/12 |
| New White River Access Dedication Set for Oct. 21 |
The east side of Pool 2 on the White River has long been an Arkansas Game and Fish Commission priority location for boating access. While this pool is easily accessible from the west side at the AGFC’s Martin Access in Stone County, that access area does not serve eastside anglers… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
10/17/12 |
| Army Worm Outbreak Takes Toll on Wildlife Plantings |
Two days previously, the grass in a large planting for wildlife was lush, green and more than knee high. Two days later it was gone. Biologist Stacey Clark with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission pointed out devastation left in large areas on the Richland Valley Sonny Varnell Conservation Area,… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
10/11/12 |
| Browning Shoots Among the Best of World’s Shotgunners |
In an intense competition of the world’s best trapshooters, including several Olympic medallists, Kayle Browning of Wooster had no trepidations. She broke clay targets with the best of them in faraway Slovenia. That is in southeastern Europe, one of the nations of the former Yugoslavia. Browning finished sixth in the… |
Arkansas Game and Fish |
10/04/12 |