Holland Bottoms’ rest area important for ducks and area hunters

A small triangle of land totaling about 90 acres, Lake Pickthorne Waterfowl Rest Area inside Holland Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, plays a huge role in the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s moist-soil wetland habitat program. Jason “Buck” Jackson, the AGFC’s statewide wetlands program coordinator, said. “It’s important to me since we don’t have any other…

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Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report

Reports are updated weekly, although some reports may be published for two weeks if updates are not received promptly or if reporters say conditions haven’t changed. Contact the reporter for current news for the lake or stream you plan to fish. TOP: One of Austin Kennedy's recent clients, Cathy (no last name provided) from Arizona, shows off…

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First-time archer proves it’s never too late to start

Finding a place to start hunting if one doesn’t have family or friends who enjoy an outdoors lifestyle can be intimidating. Thanks to a new program through the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Gov. Mike Huckabee Delta Rivers Nature Center, six “adult onset” hunters overcame that hurdle and joined the ranks of seasoned bowhunters last…

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Habitat barges and hatcheries produce banner year for Arkansas anglers

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission hatchery system and its partners stocked more than 14.6 million fish into Arkansas waters last year, even with a massive renovation project limiting the output of the Jim Hinkle Spring River Fish Hatchery in Mammoth Spring. Add to that more than 650,000 cubic feet of cover placed in fish…

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River otters offer antics for winter wildlife watchers

Conservation comeback stories often focus on the amazing return of white-tailed deer, the black bear in Arkansas and other game species, but one of The Natural State’s most charismatic critters also came back as a result of proper game management and habitat conservation. Once nearly wiped clean from Arkansas’s streams, the river otter now enjoys…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffFebruary 2, 20230Comments

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Arkansas Department of Health to host Feb. 7 meeting on walleye advisory in Mountain Home

According to the Arkansas Department of Health, anglers pursuing walleye on Bull Shoals Lake in Marion, Baxter and Boone counties, and Norfork Lake in Baxter and Fulton counties may want to pay attention to the amount of fish they consume from these lakes. Last week, the ADH issued a fish consumption advisory for large walleye…

ByChris FultonFebruary 1, 20230Comments

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Arkansas Department of Health to host Feb. 7 meeting on walleye advisory in Mountain Home

According to the Arkansas Department of Health, anglers pursuing walleye on Bull Shoals Lake in Marion, Baxter and Boone counties, and Norfork Lake in Baxter and Fulton counties may want to pay attention to the amount of fish they consume from these lakes. Last week, the ADH issued a fish consumption advisory for large walleye…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffJanuary 27, 20230Comments

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AGFC, Academics Afield brings new audience outdoors

A group of students has begun building a community of hunters on the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff campus. Hollie Sanders, an assistant chief in the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Education Division, offered a glimpse into the Academics Afield program during the Commission’s January meeting. “This program is designed to introduce college students…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffJanuary 27, 20230Comments

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New AGFC, CAW agreement adds 2,395 acres of public hunting access

Commissioners with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission today authorized Director Austin Booth to amend a long-term lease agreement with Central Arkansas Water to expand Maumelle River Wildlife Management Area in Pulaski County by 2,395 acres. According to Ben Batten, AGFC deputy director, Maumelle River WMA was created in July 2010 when CAW agreed to…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffJanuary 24, 20230Comments

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Fish Consumption Advisory Issued for Bull Shoals and Norfork

The Arkansas Department of Health is issuing a fish consumption advisory for walleye on Bull Shoals Lake (Marion, Baxter, and Boone counties) and Norfork Lake (Baxter and Fulton counties). This advisory comes after some walleye from both waterbodies, collected by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and tested by the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality,…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffJanuary 20, 20230Comments

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Holland Bottoms’ rest area important for ducks and area hunters

Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report

First-time archer proves it’s never too late to start

Habitat barges and hatcheries produce banner year for Arkansas anglers

River otters offer antics for winter wildlife watchers

Arkansas Department of Health to host Feb. 7 meeting on walleye advisory in Mountain Home

Arkansas Department of Health to host Feb. 7 meeting on walleye advisory in Mountain Home

AGFC, Academics Afield brings new audience outdoors

New AGFC, CAW agreement adds 2,395 acres of public hunting access

Fish Consumption Advisory Issued for Bull Shoals and Norfork

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