Wild Science Webinar: October 2023 - Mussel Propagation Program and Gulf Coastal Plain Bears
Oct. 4, 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. Dr. Kendall Moles, AGFC Malacologist, will present "Update on the AGFC's Freshwater Mussel Propagation Program" and Myron Means, Statewide Large Carnivore Program Coordinator, will present "Gulf Coastal Plain Bear Research Project Update".
Wild Science Webinar: June 2023 - Reservoir Habitat Evaluation and The BEAR Facts: A Survey of Arkansas Bear Hunters
June 13, 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. Matt Schroeder, District 10 Fisheries Supervisor, will present "Reservoir Habitat Evaluation" and Ava Smith, Social Science Research Specialist, will present "The BEAR Facts: A Survey of Arkansas Bear Hunters".
Bear den surveys reflect influence of summer drought
March 29, 2023
WALDRON — Last summer’s drought may have some lingering impact on Arkansas’s black bear reproduction, but there’s no immediate cause for alarm, according to Myron Means, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s large carnivore program coordinator.
Bears, bluebirds and Backcountry Hunters and Anglers highlight AGFC meeting
Feb. 16, 2023
MAGNOLIA — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission today heard several presentations on wildlife and fisheries research projects during its monthly meeting, hosted by Southern Arkansas University. In addition to projects presented by AGFC staff on the 2022 Arkansas bear season, commissioners heard presentations by two SAU students working through the university’s Outdoor Campus.
Second Annual Black Bear Bonanza March 4
Feb. 15, 2023
BENTONVILLE — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will be one of many conservation agencies participating in the Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Second Annual Black Bear Bonanza, Presented by onX, from 9 a.m-5 p.m. Saturday, March 4, at the Benton County Quail Barn in Northwest Arkansas.
Collared bear, deer OK to harvest
Oct. 5, 2022
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas hunters hitting the woods may notice a few deer and bears sporting some new neckwear this fall, but that shouldn’t deter anyone from legally taking that animal.
Bear hunters can help study increased occurrence of mange in Arkansas bears
Sept. 14, 2022
FORT SMITH — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is asking anyone who harvests a bear in the Ouachita Mountains or Ozarks to help collect liver samples from their bear to help research mange in the Ozark bear population.