The motto of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is “Keeping the Natural State natural,” and to a significant degree, Arkansans have managed to do just that. There are abundant opportunities for wildlife viewing, birding, hunting and fishing, as well as a variety of other outdoor pursuits. Arkansas supports more than 300 bird species to view, as well as some 111 reptiles and amphibians, from the American Alligator to the tiny Green Treefrog. More than 70 mammal species, a diverse fauna of caves and streams, and an astounding 155 types of butterfly round out the state’s living treasures.

Both the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and the Arkansas State Parks Department provide many resources about wildlife. Anyone wishing to learn more about any of Arkansas’s 121 most important or most sensitive species, can educate themselves at the Species Pages.

The state’s Comprehensive Wildlife Action Plan provides an exhaustive description of Arkansas’s biodiversity as well as conservation challenges and opportunities.

The Arkansas Wildlife Action Plan addresses the needs of 369 species of greatest conservation need across the state. These species rely on 45 different terrestrial habitats and 18 aquatic habitats within seven ecoregions [LINK] in Arkansas. The action plan identifies 18 categories of threats facing wildlife, ranging from habitat fragmentation to groundwater depletion.

According to Arkansas Game & Fish Commission, “Arkansans take wildlife matters seriously: over 85 percent of the public in a recent poll declared that they are concerned or very concerned about the impacts of human activity on wildlife.”

Partnerships, continued government and nonprofit programs, and the cooperation of private landowners will be crucial to achieving the conservation goals of the Arkansas wildlife action plan.

Federal funds are available to Arkansas through State Wildlife Grants to monitor, research and protect the needs of wildlife not addressed by funding available for game species or endangered species. To be eligible for these funds, Arkansas developed a comprehensive strategy to effectively allocate the money.

The strategy was authored by teams of wildlife professionals representing public agencies and private organizations. The Arkansas Wildlife Action Plan was approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on January 17,2007.

The Arkansas Wildlife Action plan implements the priorities determined by a database of scientific knowledge of wildlife. A total of 369 species of greatest conservation need are addressed in the context of 45 terrestrial habitats and 18 aquatic habitats in 7 ecoregions in Arkansas.

Executive Summary

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Introduction

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• Letter from the Director
• Acknowledgments
• The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
• Major CWCS partners
• Table of Contents
• Road map to the eight elements
  

Plan Overview

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• Guiding principles
• Implementing Arkansas’ CWCS
• A Strategic Approach

1. Assemble information
2. Generate implementation priorities
3. Develop ten-year draft implementation schedule
4. Science Teams prioritize implementation needs
5. Steering Committee recommends Annual Action items
6. Preproposals requested to meet Annual Action Items
7. Implementation Team selects projects for funding
8. Monitoring and Performance Measures
9. Monitoring methodologies

Section II. Species of Greatest Conservation Need

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• Identification and prioritization
• How the SGCN list was created
• Criteria for inclusion on the SGCN list
• Taxa Association Team contribution and review
• Revising the SGCN list
• Developing the species priority score protocol
• SGCN ranking by Species Priority Score (in taxa associations)
  
  
• Distribution
  • Element occurrence
  • Ecoregions where the species occurs
  • Habitats where the species occurs
  • Terrestrial
  • Aquatic
    
    
• Expert Assessments
  • Problems faced
  • Research needs
  • Conservation actions called for
  • Monitoring strategy
  • Comments and citations
    
    
• Species Reports
  • Amphibians (§1 | §2)
  • Bird (§1 | §2 | §3 | §4 | §5 | §6)
  • Crayfish (§1)
  • Fish (§1 | §2)
  • Insects (§1 | §2 | §3)
  • Invertebrates - other (§1)
  • Mammals (§1 | §2)
  • Mussels (§1 | §2 | §3)
  • Reptiles (§1)
    
    

Section III. The Ecoregions of Arkansas

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• Conservation priority
  
  
• Ozark Highlands Ecoregion
  • Species of greatest conservation need
  • Habitats that occur in the Ozark Highlands
  • Problems faced by SGCN
  • What sort of conservation actions are called for
    
• Boston Mountain Ecoregion:
  • Species of greatest conservation need
  • Habitats that occur in the Boston Mountains
  • Problems faced by SGCN
  • What sort of conservation actions are called for
    
• Arkansas Valley Ecoregion:
  • Species of greatest conservation need
  • Habitats that occur in the Arkansas Valley
  • Problems faced by SGCN
  • What sort of conservation actions are called for
    
• Ouachita Mountains Ecoregion:
  • Species of greatest conservation need
  • Habitats that occur in the Ouachita Mountains
  • Problems faced by SGCN
  • What sort of conservation actions are called for
    
• South Central Plains Ecoregion:
  • Species of greatest conservation need
  • Habitats that occur in the South Central Plains
  • Problems faced by SGCN
  • What sort of conservation actions are called for
    
• Mississippi Alluvial Plain Ecoregion:
  • Species of greatest conservation need
  • Habitats that occur in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain
  • Problems faced by SGCN
  • What sort of conservation actions are called for
    
• Mississippi Valley Loess Plains:
  • Species of greatest conservation need
  • Habitats that occur in the Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
  • Problems faced by SGCN
  • What sort of conservation actions are called for
    
    

Section IV. Terrestrial Habitats

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• Definition
• Ranking
• Components of Reports
  • Key factors
  • Indicators of condition
  • Conservation actions
  • Monitoring
• Terrestrial habitat reports (§1 | §2 | §3 | §4 | §5)
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland
  • Caves, Mines and Karst Habitat
  • Central Interior Acidic Cliff and Talus
  • Central Interior Calcareous Cliff and Talus
  • Central Interior Highlands and Appalachian Sinkhole
    and Depression Pond
  • Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens
  • Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens
  • Crop Land
  • Cultivated Forest
  • Lower Mississippi Alluvial Plain Grand Prairie
  • Lower Mississippi Flatwoods Woodland and Forest
  • Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depression
  • Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest
  • Lower Mississippi River High Bottomland Forest
  • Lower Mississippi River Low Bottomland Forest
  • Lower Mississippi River Riparian Forest
  • Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Loess Slope Forest
  • Mud Flats
  • Ouachita Montane Oak Forest
  • Ouachita Mountain Forested Seep
  • Ouachita Novaculite Glade and Woodland
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest
  • Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest
  • Ozark-Ouachita Pine/Bluestem Woodland
  • Ozark-Ouachita Pine-Oak Forest
  • Ozark-Ouachita Pine-Oak Woodland
  • Ozark-Ouachita Riparian
  • Pasture Land
  • Ponds, Lakes, and Water Holes
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain
  • Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie
  • Urban/Suburban
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Calcareous Prairie
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Dry Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Red River Floodplain Forest
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Saline Glade
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf
  • Pine Forest and Woodland
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream/River Forest
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Hardwood Flatwoods

Section V. Aquatic Habitats

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• Definition
• Ranking
• Ecobasins
  • Arkansas Valley - Arkansas River
  • Arkansas Valley - White River
  • Boston Mountains - Arkansas River
  • Boston Mountains - White River
  • Mississippi Alluvial Plain - Arkansas River
  • Mississippi Alluvial Plain - St. Francis River
  • Mississippi Alluvial Plain - White River
  • Mississippi Alluvial Plain (Bayou Bartholomew) - Ouachita River
  • Mississippi Alluvial Plain (Lake Chicot) - Mississippi River
  • Mississippi River Loess Plains - St. Francis River
  • Mississippi River Loess Plains - White River
  • Ouachita Mountains - Arkansas River
  • Ouachita Mountains - Ouachita River
  • Ouachita Mountains - Red River
  • Ozark Highlands - Arkansas River
  • Ozark Highlands - White River
  • South Central Plains - Ouachita River
  • South Central Plains - Red River
    
    
• Aquatic habitat health
  
  
• Indicators of aquatic condition
  • Dams in ecobasins
  • Roads in ecobasins
  • Roads within riparian zones
  • Road crossings in ecobasins
  • Forested areas in ecobasins
  • Forested areas within riparian zones
    
    
• Monitoring
  
  

Section VI. Informing and engaging the public

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• Public involvement
  
• News releases -xx
  • Lincoln speaks in favor of conservation funding
  • Lincoln champions state wildlife grant funding
  • Congress gives boost to state's wildlife programs
  • Arkansas' congressional leaders take a stand for state's wildlife
  • SWG brochure (early version)
  • SWG website (early version)
    
• Reaching out to the scientific community-xx
  
• Reaching out to the public -xx
  
• Public opinion survey summary-xx
  
• Informing and engaging -xx
  • Methods
  • CWCS informational brochure
  • Letter to leaders of organizations
  • Informational mailing to landowners
  • Invitation to stakeholder meeting
  • Native American correspondence
    
    

Section VII. Support Documents (PDFs)

Appendices

• Appendix 1.1 Acronyms
• Appendix 1.2 Existing monitoring efforts
• Appendix 1.3 CWCS-generated list of monitoring needs
• Appendix 1.4 CWCS-generated list of Conservation Actions
• Appendix 1.5 CWCS-generated list of Monitoring Actions
• Appendix 1.6 CWCS-generated list of Data Gaps
• Appendix 1.8 Top 10 Lists of Monitoring Actions
• Appendix 1.9 Top Ten Lists of Data Gaps
• Appendix 1.10 Hot List of Mammal projects
• Appendix 1.11 Steering Committee prioritization
• Appendix 2.1. SGCN list
• Appendix 2.2 Potential Habitat: GIS Methodology
• Appendix 3.1. Ozarks Ecoregional Assessment
• Appendix 3.2. Ouachita Mountains Ecoregional Assessment
• Appendix 3.3. Gulf Coastal Plain Ecoregional Assessment
• Appendix 5.1 Aquatic health and ecobasin condition: GIS Methodology
• Appendix 6.1. Presentation (early version)
• Appendix 6.2. Public opinion survey
• Appendix 6.3. Stakeholder meeting presentation
• References and literature cited

Whether you grow tomatoes, irrigate rice, sell sod, raise cattle, tend orchards, own forest, cut timber, run a hunt club or feed wildlife, in some way you manage habitat. “Best management practices” (BMPs) are available to assist landowners with planning, implementing and managing their land.

Developed by experienced practitioners, and management and research organizations, these management tools are based on the best available science. BMPs will often save landowners money in the long term even as they improve conditions for wildlife in the short term.

The following are a selection of BMPs culled from various national, regional, state and local sources. Each is available for download as a pdf.
Discusses grass, 3-zone, 2-zone, wildlife, urban and naturalized buffers and recommendations for how to choose, establish and cost-share. Read More »


Defines riparian buffers and discusses various benefits, including property value, wildlife habitat, timber, and recreational/aesthetic/spiritual values.
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This 26-page booklet introduces the Stream-A-Syst system to help landowners assess and manage their streams.  It contains a worksheet, action plan with recommended steps and sources of information to address various issues, and a visual (photographic) assessment guide. Read More »


A practical guide to ways agricultural producers can profit from the growing environmental marketplace from American Farmland Trust, 2010. An in-depth 55-page handbook that introduces and surveys the types of environmental markets, how to get involved including evaluating financial returns and assessing risks, and what farmers and ranchers can do to encourage these markets.

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This brief University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture publication by Becky McPeake, Associate Director of Wildlife, includes tips for developing a management plan and actual practices for habitat management.  It includes sections on special habitat types, tips on native species, food plots, pesticide use, snags, brush piles, supplemental feeding, water and nest boxes of many kinds. Read More »


From The Heinz Center, this 2008 lengthy publication is targeted to land managers who practice adaptive management.

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This 40+ page booklet, produced by the Kings River Watershed of northeast Arkansas, provides an overview of water quality rules and regulations as well as riverine ecosystems.  Half of the document explains the effects of sedimentation and erosion on stream quality and describes practices to prevent, improve and remediate streamside and riparian zone erosion damage. Practices include easements, riparian buffer zones, engineered streambank restoration and financial/technical resources available to assist in these practices.  Click here to download the book.


 a 4-page publication from the SC Dept. of Natural Resources, tells how to provide food and improve habitat through standard management practices.

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This is a 7-page fact sheet that covers life history, food requirements, habitat and forest management to benefit Bobwhite. Read More »

The purpose of this guide is to assist private landowners in the conservation and management of Arkansas’ wetlands and associated agricultural lands. It contains information on voluntary programs that provide technical and/or financial assistance for wetland and riparian habitat restoration and agricultural land management activities.

Many different conservation programs are available through various government agencies and private organizations. Detailed program information and agency contacts were combined in this guide to provide a “one-stop” source of information on all wetland-related programs currently available to Arkansas landowners. These programs offer:

• TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE on combining wetland restoration and management with agricultural production, including integrated manage- ment plans for wildlife, forestry, and agriculture.
• FINANCIAL INCENTIVES including cash benefits, improvement cost sharing, tax incentives, conservation easements, and limited develop- ment materials such as water control structures.
   

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Northern Bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) were once common, even abundant, on farms, rangelands and forests across more than 30 states. Bobwhites have declined an average of 3% per year since 1966, and have virtually disappeared from some northern states. The last strongholds are portions of the western states with significant native habitats and quail-friendly land-use patterns, or other locales where bobwhite management is a priority on agricultural or plantation lands. Over most of the species’ range, the decline of wild bobwhite populations has relegated quail hunting to memories. The next few decades may be our last opportunity to halt the declines, stem widespread localized extinctions of bobwhites, and restore populations enough to create new memories for many.

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By: Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture
Traditional forest management has focused on production of forest products (i.e., lumber or pulp) through silviculture that promotes optimal growth and vigorous health of economically desirable tree species. Often these traditional silvicultural methods are not optimal for forest-dependent wildlife. Indeed, quality habitat for priority wildlife species likely requires some sacrifice in timber production and the retention of less healthy trees. Even so, commercially viable, wildlife-oriented silviculture (i.e., wildlife forestry) employing variable retention harvests can be used in conjunction with forest restoration, regeneration, and natural processes to achieve desired forest conditions within bottomland hardwood forests. Read More »


By: National Wild Turkey Federation
In recent years, there has been increased interest in establishing native warm season grasses (NWSG) and forbs as wildlife habitat. Commonly known as prairie or prairie grass, native grasslands and savannas, a forest/grassland complex with less than 50% tree coverage, historically dominated the landscape across much of the United States. These grasses and forbs grow during the warmer months of the year as opposed to cool season grasses such as fescue and brome. Read More »


The Arkansas Forestry Commission's guidelines for a prescribed burn and contract for burning. Read More »


A Prescribed Fire Association is a group of landown- ers and other concerned citizens that form a partnership to conduct prescribed burns. Prescribed burning is the key land management tool used to restore and maintain native plant communities to their former diversity and productivity for livestock production and wildlife habitat. Native prairies, shrublands, and forests supply the majority of livestock forage and much of the wildlife habitat in the U.S. Without fire, many native plant communities become dysfunctional and unproductive. Research has clearly shown that there is no substitute for fire.  Read More »


A summary of all the benefits of prescribed fire in southern forests. Read More »


Whether you own five or five thousand acres, implementing a few habitat improvements on your property can help wildlife. This handbook introduces ideas for improving your land for wildlife and provides sources for additional information. Some habitat practices are fairly simple while others require contacting a private lands biologist, forester, Extension agent, district conservationist or other professional for assis­ tance (Figure 1). Contact information for assistance and additional resources are listed at the end of this 30-page handbook. Read More »



As many Tennessee producers are aware, cool-season grasses, such as tall fescue and orchardgrass, suffer from poor forage production during the summer months. This has led to the search for cost-effective alternatives to bridge this summer “forage slump.” Native warm-season grasses (NWSG), bermudagrass and summer annuals
are potential alternatives that can provide ample forage during this period. 



However, economic analyses of NWSG in the Mid- South are limited to switchgrass, and only then for biofuel production. The Center for Native Grasslands Management has developed a Web-based, interactive, decision-support tool to examine various scenarios associ- ated with summer forage production. This tool can be used to examine the impacts of fuel cost, seed cost and planting rates, herbicide cost and application rates, and fertilizer price and application rates on the economics of grazing and haying NWSG, bermudagrass and summer annuals. The tool is based on UT budgets developed for forages (http://economics.ag.utk.edu/budgets.html). Using output from this decision-support tool and January 2011 current prices (Table 1), this publication offers insight into the economic implications of several inputs and outputs of NWSG as a forage in the Mid-South. Seed, fertilizers, her- bicides and fuel costs may vary greatly over time, so this publication is meant to serve only as a guide. Read More »


This 40-page document provides detailed information on the biology of wild pigs, how to recognize their presence, the type of damage they can cause to agriculture and natural areas and a wide range of management techniques, including hunting.  It applies to just about anywhere in the U.S. where wild pigs are found. Read More »


Relatively little information exists on fish abundance and distribution in riparian wetlands of the Arkansas River, ranging from contiguous backwaters to intermittently connected and isolated floodplain wetlands. This study indicates the Arkansas River floodplain ecosystem, despite modification, continues to provide a mosaic of wetland types supporting a diversity of fishes. These data underscore the value of cypress wetlands since they harbor a unique assemblage of fishes, some of which are of conservation concern (e.g., swamp darter and taillight shiner), that enhance diversity within the Arkansas River ecosystem.

By
S. Reid Adams, Bradley S. Williams, Matt D. Schroeder, and Robert L. Clark University of Central Arkansas Department of Biology 180 Lewis Science Center Conway, Arkansas 72035 radams@uca.edu Phone 501) 450-5933

July 2007

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CP-33 Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds is available under the United States Department of Agriculture Continuous Conservation Reserve Program (CCRP). CP-33 enrollment is capped at 350,000 acres in 35 states within the primary range of the northern bobwhite. Under continuous signup CRP, there is no deadline for producers to submit acreage for enrollment and eligible acres offered are automatically accepted. All CP-33 contracts require a 10-year enrollment period.  This article comes from Mississippi State University CP33 website. Read More »


The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) strongly recommends, first and foremost, compliance with all cave1 closures, advisories, and regulations in all Federal, State, Tribal, and private lands. However, where such closures are not required or recommended, the following protocol outlines the best known procedures to help reduce the transmission of the fungus Geomyces destructans (G.d.), believed to be the cause of white-nose syndrome (WNS), to important bat habitat and populations. WNS is responsible for significant bat mortality in eastern North America, and threatens bat populations across the continent. Read More »


Lists toxicities of many different chemicals and how to reduce the risk of pesticide drift.
A list of all Southern Regional Aquaculture Center factsheets (more than 150) are available at https://srac.tamu.edu/index.cfm/event/viewAllSheets/ Read More »


Summarizes opportunities in Arkansas for tax incentives, loans, grants, land retirement and easements, and cost-share programs for conservation management - from state, federal, and nonprofit sources.

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Defines and discusses management of nutrients, pests, tillage, harvest, and edge/buffers to benefit waterbirds.  Also provides crop-specific BMPs for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton and rice. Read More »


Do you want to connect your audiences to conservation messages but don’t know where to start? Conservation plans, based on extensive biological research, will help prioritize your efforts. 

This resource sheet will help you:

• Link your education programs to priorities in bird conservation plans; 
• Find relevant bird conservation plans in your area of focus; 
• Extract key information to guide education program development; and 
• Involve scientists in the development of your education programs.

Wetland Management for Waterfowl Handbook , created by the Mississippi River Trust and partners for landowners who wish to create and manage moist soil units for waterfowl and other wildlife.

Habitat Management Guidelines for Amphibians and Reptiles of the Southeastern United States, from Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation. This document is currently only available as a hard copy for $5. This publication covers the issues of habitat fragmentation, alteration and loss causing steep declines in herp species. These voluntary guidelines are “directed towards resource managers and private landowners who have a desire to help protect amphibians and reptiles. If many landowners and land managers each implement some of these guidelines, then the cumulative effect can only be a positive one.”

BMPs oriented more specifically toward forest resources, energy efficiency, water quality, farms & agriculture and invasive & native species are also available.

By: K Gregg Elliott
A Bird Trail is more than a trail in the literal sense.  It is a “necklace” of sites, usually linked by a physiographic feature such as a river, that are united by the theme of “great for bird watching!”  Birding Trails are essentially driving routes that help you get from one prime birding spot to the next.   Read More »


By: K Gregg Elliott
A Bird Trail is more than a trail in the literal sense.  It is a “necklace” of sites, usually linked by a physiographic feature such as a river, that are united by the theme of “great for bird watching!”  Birding Trails are essentially driving routes that help you get from one prime birding spot to the next. 
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By: K Gregg Elliott
Renowned for its hunting, Tara Wildlife also offers birding, hiking and a well-equipped conference and recreation facility. Read More »

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Game and Fish Commission OKs Maumelle wildlife area Log Cabin Democrat LITTLE ROCK — A wildlife management area around Lake Maumelle, operated on a yearly agreement since 2010, became a fixture Thursday with approval of a long-term lease by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The land is nearly 10,000 acres ...

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Arkansas Landowners Can Help Wildlife with Grassy Waterways - KARK.com KARK "Fortunately for them," said Dirk Philipp, an assistant professor with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, "there is one way to manage both of these problems. Grassed waterway systems are a way to both preserve wildlife and water ...

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Woodland Heights students win in state Wildlife of Arkansas art conterst Harrison Daily Woodland Heights students win in state Wildlife of Arkansas art conterst. Story · Comments. Print: Create a hardcopy of this page; Font Size: Default font size: Larger font size. Previous Next. Wildlife art winners. Contributed Photo ... and more »

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Park the bush hog to benefit wildlife Log Cabin Democrat CALICO ROCK – Spring is, by far, my favorite time of year. Flowers are blooming, bees are buzzing and turkeys are strutting in every field. Arkansas weather is beautiful and everyone wants to get outdoors. For those managing open land for wildlife ...

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Wildlife School Days brings class to the park KAIT The program teaches elementary children about the wild life found in Crowley's Ridge State Park and in Arkansas. Students visited several stations, each focusing on a different topic. Park interpretor, Heather Runyan, says it's a fun and effective way ... and more »

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US Senator Mark Udall pushing for new national monument in Colorado 9NEWS.com Mark Udall is asking for the public's help in crafting legislation to create a national monument that would include 22,000 acres on both sides of the Arkansas River between Salida and Buena Vista in south-central Colorado. Udall says his draft proposal ... and more »

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Pipeline company claims Act 250 ruling unfair - VTDigger vtdigger.org They point to the ExxonMobil pipeline that spilled more than 200,000 gallons of the substance in Arkansas earlier this year and the more-than 800,000-gallon spill in a Kalamazoo River tributary. The cost of that tar sands oil spill surpassed $800 ... and more »

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Federal agency proposes adding two Missouri mussels to endangered species list Joplin Globe The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will host a public meeting in Joplin Tuesday and another meeting later in the week in Southeast Missouri to provide details and answer questions about adding two freshwater mussels to the endangered species list. The ... and more »

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Property owners may get incentives to upgrade wildlife habitat Magnoliareporter Applicants will be ranked according to how the wildlife habitat development plan will effect certain wildlife populations. The plans will be developed according to landowner objectives with assistance from an Arkansas Game and Fish Commission biologist ... and more »

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Rehabilitators available for hurt or orphaned wildlife Log Cabin Democrat These are volunteers working under permits by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission for animals except birds and by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for birds. Blake Sasse, nongame mammal program coordinator for the Game and Fish Commission, ...