AGFC increases free options to test deer for disease
Sept. 11, 2019
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is rolling out additional opportunities for hunters to get their deer tested for chronic wasting disease throughout the state this deer season.
Governor Hutchinson and U.S. Secretary Perdue Sign Shared-Stewardship Agreement
Sept. 4, 2019
LITTLE ROCK – Governor Asa Hutchinson and United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Shared Stewardship today during a ceremony at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture.
Arkansas Wildlife Fishing Report
Sept. 4, 2019
Ed Darling of Hope caught this nice brown trout near Shipps Ferry on the White River in north Arkansas on Sunday. Photo provided by Ed Darling.
Catch up on Arkansas Wildlife TV this month
Sept. 4, 2019
LITTLE ROCK — Hunting season unofficially kicked off with the opening day of dove season last weekend, and soon many more Arkansans will be heading into the field in search of squirrels, rabbits, waterfowl and deer. It’s also less than a month until the start of another season – the Fall 2019 season of Arkansas Wildlife TV.
Saline County landowners burn their way to better habitat
Sept. 4, 2019
BENTON – Some Arkansas private landowners aim to restore part of their acreage to experience quail or turkey hunting they may have enjoyed decades ago. Other landowners, though, may not be focused on hunting. They may just want a plan to dispense with nonnative grasses and Chinese privet dominating their land and turn those acres over to native plants more conducive to wildlife – not just quail or turkey, but the all-important pollinators and what is termed “watchable” wildlife.
Hunters have extra chance to beat hunger in Arkansas this September
Sept. 4, 2019
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry will hold a special “freezer cleanout day” at the Bass Pro Shops in Little Rock, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sept. 21.
SouthArk Expo headed to El Dorado, Sept. 7
Sept. 4, 2019
EL DORADO — The 21st annual Southark Outdoor Expo is coming to the El Dorado Conference Center, Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sept. 7, and anyone who loves the outdoors should make plans to attend.