AGFC Commissioner Meeting Notice
March 20, 2018
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.
Escape to the outdoors this Spring Break
March 20, 2018
LITTLE ROCK – Trying to come up with some last-minute plans to keep the kids entertained during Spring Break? Arkansas Game and Fish Commission nature and education centers have plenty of programs available to offer outdoors-oriented fun for kids of all ages. Kids can learn to shoot a bow or a bb gun, paddle a canoe or kayak, or make handy nature-themed crafts to take home and enjoy.
AGFC to host public meetings concerning new cases of fatal deer disease
March 19, 2018
SPRINGDALE – The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will host special public meetings concerning chronic wasting disease in Fort Smith and Springdale. The Fort Smith meeting will be held at the Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center beginning at 6 p.m., April 3. The Springdale meeting will be held at Cross Church, 1709 Johnson Road, beginning at 6 p.m., April 5.
Arkansas Wildlife Fishing Report
March 14, 2018
Arkansas big northern lakes report the walleye in the spawn and very active. There are lots of opportunities now for walleye, as well as crappie and the emerging largemouth bass bite. White bass also are active as spring heads this way.
Take a spring break to catch some newly stocked catfish
March 14, 2018
LITTLE ROCK – As many of the state’s elementary and secondary schools go on a week of spring break starting next Monday, the time off coincides with several central Arkansas fisheries being stocked with catfish.
Fort Smith golf course teeing up habitat for bobwhite
March 14, 2018
FORT SMITH - Ben Geren Golf Course has an out of the box approach to keeping it's "rough" in the perfect condition for northern bobwhite.
AGFC and UAPB tune in to DeGray Lake hybrid bass
March 14, 2018
ARKADELPHIA – Hybrid striped bass are hard-pulling sport fish that have a reputation for being cooperative when bass and crappie become finicky. These man-made crosses of a white bass and their striped bass cousins also cause a bit of controversy between anglers who fish for them and those who prefer other species.