Shooting sports regional competition begins April 30-May 1
April 28, 2021
JACKSONVILLE – After skipping a year because of the sudden arrival of the coronavirus last spring, the Arkansas Youth Shooting Sports Program regionals and state championships are back in 2021. The first weekend of regional competition for junior high and senior high shooters is Friday and Saturday, April 30-May 1, at the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation Jacksonville Shooting Sports Complex.
AGFC Commissioner Meeting Notice
April 27, 2021
You are hereby notified that Commissioners of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will meet on the following date and times to consider any business that may be brought before the Commission. Unless otherwise stated, meetings will be held at the AGFC offices, 2 Natural Resources Dr. in Little Rock.
Recovering America’s Wildlife Act reintroduced in Washington
April 26, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC — A bill introduced last week into the U.S. House of Representatives may, if it passes, boost conservation efforts across the nation. The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act was reintroduced to the U.S. House of Representatives by Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE).
High school students attend April AGFC meeting
April 23, 2021
HEBER SPRINGS – Students of Heber Springs High School had the opportunity to sit in with commissioners of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission today at a special town-hall style meeting in their school gymnasium.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
April 22, 2021
Cam Patterson, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences chancellor and avid outdoorsman, caught this nice brown trout on the Little Red River while being guided by Casey Hughes between Ramsey and the 305 Bridge. Cam was u sing a yellow streamer. The photo was taken by Graham Patterson and made availabe via Facebook by the Little Red River Foundation.
Get the gig! Bullfrog season has begun.
April 21, 2021
LITTLE ROCK – Winter’s last gasp may keep some frogs quiet during the night this week, but bullfrogs should be sounding off at night again soon, and frog-gigging fanatics will be back to chasing them on ponds and lakes throughout Arkansas. Bullfrog season opened April 15 and will run through Dec. 31.
Turkey research, stream restoration featured in AGFC’s Wild Science webinar
April 21, 2021
LITTLE ROCK — Tune into this month’s Wild Science Webinar, hosted by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to keep you informed about some of the science and work going on in Arkansas’s outdoors. This month’s topics, which are available to view at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDbUKQ0V5eU highlight some of the Commission’s recent work to improve critical resources in the Ouachita Mountains and Ozark Plateau: the eastern wild turkey and free-flowing streams.