Turkey harvest, hunting opportunities increase in 2023
May 10, 2023
LITTLE ROCK — With the last weekend of the 2023 Arkansas turkey season in the rearview mirror, hunters have tallied 9,193 checked birds. This is an increase of 21% percent from 2022 and the first time since 2017 that the harvest topped the 9,000-bird mark. And that's not the only increase to gobble about.
Make ‘No Mow May’ the first step to grow native for wildlife
May 10, 2023
LITTLE ROCK — The “No Mow May” movement making the rounds on social media first attracted me because, quite frankly, May is a fantastic time to get out and fish instead of spend my days on a lawnmower. And if my lack of enthusiasm in fighting Mother Nature’s designs for my property helped pollinators and ground-nesting birds, even better. But why limit my wildlife-friendly loafing to a single month?
Wild Science Webinar: May 2023 - The Egyptian Goose Invasion and Methods Used to Spawn and Culture Walleye
May 10, 2023
The Wild Science Webinar is a monthly series featuring Arkansas Game and Fish Commission staff and guest speakers presenting research and projects about Arkansas fish and wildlife. Percy Marshall, a Graduate Student from the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville will be presenting "The Egyptian Goose: Tracking an Invasion" and Joe Adams, Hatchery Manager, will be presenting "An Overview of Methods Used at the C.B. "Charlie" Craig State Fish Hatchery to Spawn and Culture Walleye".
Get to the squirrel woods and cook up some fun
May 9, 2023
SPRINGDALE — Arkansas squirrel hunters have two big dates to remember this year. May 15 is the annual opening day of squirrel season, and September 23 will be the best way to use those tasty squirrels. That’s the day the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s J.B. and Johnelle Hunt Family Ozark Highlands Nature Center will host Joe Wilson and the 2023 World Champion Squirrel Cook Off.
AGFC improving parking area at Lower White Oak Lake
May 9, 2023
CAMDEN — The Lower Jack’s Access at Lower White Oak Lake will be closed May 12-June 30 for an extensive renovation.
Follow the fish during the post-spawn with the aid of the AGFC
May 8, 2023
HOT SPRINGS — Many anglers will be following the fish to deeper water in the next few months as the spawn begins to wrap up for many bass and crappie. Now’s the time to scout out some of the most recent fish attractors placed in your favorite lake by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
35 years of trout magic celebrated in Arkansas Wildlife Magazine
May 4, 2023
LITTLE ROCK — The May/June issue of Arkansas Wildlife, the official magazine of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, includes an article about a truly magical place: “Tight against the massive Norfork National Fish Hatchery near Norfork Dam and just under a mile long, Dry Run Creek in Baxter County has been called the crown jewel of the state’s trout fisheries.”