Arkansas Wildlife calendar available to magazine subscribers
June 26, 2019
LITTLE ROCK - Each year Arkansas Wildlife magazine publishes a special July-to-July calendar issue to keep outdoors enthusiasts in the know about events throughout the year. This year’s calendar is currently being printed, and the only way to get your hands on one is to subscribe to the magazine at www.arkansaswildlife.com
Hunting agreement reached between AGFC, Camp Robinson
June 26, 2019
LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Arkansas National Guard recently revised their memorandum of understanding to continue hunting access at a portion of Camp Robinson in Pulaski County. The new agreement will reduce the amount of land accessible to hunters and anglers, but will still maintain a sizeable area within easy reach of central Arkansas.
Lake Chicot drawdown to begin July 8
June 26, 2019
LAKE VILLAGE — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will conduct a 6-foot drawdown of Lake Chicot to improve the fishery and allow lakeside property owners the opportunity to repair boathouses and docks on the waterfront.
Second public meeting on DeGray Lake scheduled for Thursday
June 26, 2019
ARKADELPHIA — The second of two public meetings being held by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission on DeGray Lake will be from 6 to 8 p.m., June 27 at the Arkadelphia Parks and Recreation Department at 2555 Twin Rivers Drive in Arkadelphia.
Overton blended fun with a serious side as AGFC commissioner
June 26, 2019
LITTLE ROCK – It’s often been noted by his fellow commissioners and the staff of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission how much levity Ford Overton has interjected into their meetings the last seven years. He lives a mantra that, in turn, he urged his other commissioners and AGFC personnel to adopt when he passed on the gavel as chairman at the June monthly Commission meeting last week: “Everybody works so hard. Y’all need to keep this fun. You need to have fun.”
Commission approves discounted licenses for disabled veterans, proposes relaxed seasons on predator species
June 21, 2019
LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission voted unanimously to create a new Disabled Veteran Lifetime Combination License that would be available at a reduced rate for resident military veterans meeting certain criteria during today’s regularly scheduled meeting.
Arkansas elk permits to be drawn at Buffalo River Elk Festival
June 19, 2019
JASPER – The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will draw 29 permits for the opportunity to hunt elk on public land at the 22nd Annual Buffalo River Elk Festival June 28-29.