Zachary finds his place at diverse Ed Gordon/Point Remove WMA
Sept. 30, 2020
One of the most diverse regions in all of Arkansas for wildlife is the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Region 7, a vast area of land in the Ozark Highlands and Arkansas River Valley that includes two major wildlife management areas, Ed Gordon/Point Remove WMA and Galla Creek WMA. Alex Zachary is a veteran biologist in Region 7 on Ed Gordon and Galla Creek WMAs. Zachary, who turned 33 late in the summer, began work with the AGFC there in November 2011 as a technician and moved up to his current role as biologist in 2014.
Boat access to Arkansas River in NLR temporarily closed for I-30 project
Sept. 25, 2020
LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Department of Transportation’s project to widen Interstate 30 and replace the I-30 bridge through Little Rock and North Little Rock will require the temporary closure of the boat ramp to the Arkansas River in downtown North Little Rock.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Sept. 23, 2020
Joe Cebula landed a stringer-full of slab crappie fishing Norfork Lake recently. Photo provided by Lou Gabric at Hummingbird Hideaway Resort.
New USFWS grant will help AGFC tackle Asian carp
Sept. 23, 2020
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas will receive a share of the nearly $14 million being distributed in 2020 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to states in the Mississippi River Valley to better manage and study Asian carp.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Sept. 16, 2020
Craig Harrison of Bryant pulled this catfish, a 20-pounder, out of the Arkansas River recently using skipjack.
AGFC, Historic Cane Hill debut newest Bobwhite Conservation Stamp
Sept. 16, 2020
LINCOLN – Clay Connor’s rendering of a quail sitting on barbed-wire fencing above shrubby cover and native grasses, entitled “Beyond the Wire at Summits Ridge,” was unveiled Saturday, Sept. 12, as the image on the 2020-21 Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Northern Bobwhite Conservation Stamp in a ceremony held at nearby Historic Cane Hill.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Sept. 9, 2020
Juan Kinderlan from the Memphis area ventured over to the Spring River in northeast Arkansas to catch this nice smallmouth bass, fishing with guide Mark Crawford. Photo provided by Mark Crawford.