Free workshop offers stepping stones to become an outdoor communicator
June 12, 2019
LITTLE ROCK — The Outdoor Writers Association of America will kick off its 92nd annual conference in Little Rock by offering a free, half-day workshop titled “Becoming an Outdoors Communicator,” from 2-5 p.m., Friday, June 21, at the Robinson Center/DoubleTree by Hilton.
Spice up your cookout with Buffalo catfish
June 12, 2019
LITTLE ROCK — Is anything more popular at a tailgate or holiday party than Buffalo chicken wings? We’ve taken the Buffalo chicken wing craze and crossed it with fried catfish, another Southern staple, and thrown in a little Cajun spice for good measure.
Build fishing memories this Father’s Day
June 12, 2019
LITTLE ROCK — With only a few days left to look, many people are scrambling to find that perfect gift for their father, but no trinket, tie or bottle of aftershave can compare with a few quiet hours together watching the water and waiting on a fish to bite.
AGFC Commissioner Meeting Notice
June 11, 2019
You are hereby notified that Commissioners of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will meet on the following dates 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 Drive in Little Rock.
Urban archery hunts offer head start to deer hunting season
June 9, 2019
LITTLE ROCK - The application period for Arkansas’s special urban bowhunts for the 2019-20 deer hunting season is now open. These hunts, which begin Sept. 1, offer bowhunters in Arkansas an early opportunity to get into the woods in order to help maintain white-tailed deer populations at levels which reduce conflicts with homeowners and drivers.
Join Arkansas’s annual turkey and quail brood survey effort
June 7, 2019
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is opening up participation in the state’s annual Wild Turkey Brood Survey and Annual Northern Bobwhite Survey to the general public for the first time, thanks to a new online surveying tool.
Lake Conway water level crests, Palarm Creek receding
June 7, 2019
MAYFLOWER - At 10 a.m. this morning (June 7, 2019), Craig D. Campbell Lake Conway Reservoir crested at 267.97 feet above mean sea level, 5 feet above its normal elevation. The water level within Palarm Creek, which was coming into the lake, has now fallen enough for AGFC staff to open the gates and begin evacuating water. Baring any major rain events, it will still take several days for the lake to drop below flood stage (266.0 feet msl).