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Jamie Anderson Appointed to Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (Super Mover)

Anderson is a fourth-generation aquaculture farmer in Lonoke and a founding member of the Arkansas Waterfowl Association. read more >
Health Care / Tourism

Fayetteville Businessman Brandon Adams Appointed to Game & Fish Commission

Adams, the president and CEO of nursing home company Reliance Health Care Inc. of Conway, replaces Bobby Martin on the commission. read more >
Retail / Tourism

Marion McCollum, CEO of Mack’s Prairie Wings, Dies at 81

He helped transform his family's sporting goods store in Stuttgart into a mecca for waterfowlers. read more >
Construction / Tourism

Game & Fish Approves Plan for Largest-Ever Lake Renovation Project

Plans for the 6,700-acre Lake Conway call for a new concrete weir, a low dam built to manage water levels, that will replace the aging metal gates currently in use. read more >

To Preserve Duck Habitats, Arkansas Changes Water Management for Wildlife Areas

It's a push toward sustainable recreation with an uncertain impact on the state's hunting industry. read more >
Philip Tappan 
Government & Politics / Nonprofits / Restaurants & Food

Governor Names Philip Tappan to Game & Fish Commission

Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces the appointment of Philip Tappan to the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission. read more >
Tourism

Austin Booth to Lead Arkansas Game & Fish

Austin Booth was voted in Thursday afternoon as the next director of the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission. read more >
Government & Politics / Tourism

Bennie Westphal Appointed to Game and Fish Commission

Gov. Asa Hutchinson has appointed Bennie Westphal of Fort Smith to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. read more >
Rob Finley speaks Friday at the Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center.
Government & Politics / Tourism

Rob Finley Named to Game and Fish Commission

Gov. Asa Hutchinson has appointed Mountain Home businessman Rob Finley to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. He replaces Chairman Ken Reeves. read more >
Anne Marie Doramus
Tourism

First Woman Appointed to Full Term on Game and Fish Panel

An Arkansas woman has been appointed to a full term on the commission that regulates hunting and fishing for the first time in state history. read more >
Education / Nonprofits

New Nature Center in Springdale Gets $980,000 Grant

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has received a nearly $1 million grant to help pay for the state's newest nature center now under construction in northwest Arkansas. read more >
JD Neeley, left, with Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who appointed Neeley to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
Agriculture & Poultry / Real Estate / Tourism

JD Neeley Joins State Game and Fish Commission

Gov. Asa Hutchinson appoints JD Neeley of Camden to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. read more >
Stan Jones (right), on a hunt with Mike Morgan, is a farmer, conservationist and former college football player who represents five generations of family who farmed and hunted the Clover Bend area.
Agriculture & Poultry / Government & Politics / Real Estate

Hutchinson Appoints Stan Jones to Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday appointed Stan Jones of Walnut Ridge to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. read more >
The zone consists of Boone, Carroll, Johnson, Logan, Madison, Marion, Newton, Pope, Searcy and Yell counties.
Agriculture & Poultry

Additional Samples to Test for Chronic Wasting to be Taken

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission biologists plan to take additional samples from deer to search for chronic wasting disease in southern Pope County. read more >
Government & Politics / Tourism

First Case of Chronic Wasting Disease Confirmed in Arkansas

The commission said a 2½-year-old elk killed near Pruitt on the Buffalo National River in northern Arkansas during the October hunting tested positive for the fatal disease and officials are now following control and monitoring plans that were developed in 2006 as the disease was appearing in other states. read more >
Government & Politics / Tourism

Subcommittee to Start Search for Arkansas Game & Fish Leader

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Chairman Emon Mahony has named a three-person subcommittee to start the search for a new commission director. read more >
Agriculture & Poultry

State Rice Convention to Take Place in Jonesboro

The Arkansas Rice Council and Arkansas Rice Farmers will hold their annual meeting and trade show Friday, Feb. 5, at the ASU Convocation Center in Jonesboro beginning at 9 a.m. read more >
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission works to ensure the enjoyment of Arkansas outdoors for generations to come.
Agriculture & Poultry / Education / Tourism

Arkansas Administering $600K for Wildlife Education Programs

The Arkansas Economic Development Commission is distributing more than $600,000 in fines collected to schools and conservation districts for wildlife education programs. read more >
Tourism

Dates Approved for Arkansas Waterfowl Season

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has approved the dates for the upcoming waterfowl hunting season. read more >
Government & Politics

Mike Beebe Appoints Andrew Parker to Game & Fish Commission

Gov. Mike Beebe has appointed Andrew Parker to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Parker, the director of governmental affairs for the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce, will serve a seven-year term. read more >