Arkansas Game & Fish Commission
Outgoing Game & Fish Director Austin Booth Named CEO of Outdoor Lifestyle Company
He'll lead Banded Holdings Inc. of Memphis, which offers products ranging from waders and boots to decoys, dog vests and field blinds. read more >
Trails at Mena Project Gains Preliminary Approval; Delta Heritage Trail on Track for 2025
Two major Arkansas trail projects, the Delta Heritage Trail and the Trails at Mena, are advancing, with plans to enhance biking and outdoor recreation across the state. read more >
by George Waldon -
Austin Booth Resigns as Director of Arkansas Game & Fish Commission
Booth, who has led the agency since July 2021, said he's stepping down as he pursues a greater balance between work and family life. read more >
For the Birds (Hunter Field Editor’s Note)
Duck season starts this week, and many of us ought to look inward. read more >
by Hunter Field -
Sanders Highlights Arkansas Firearms Industry at SHOT Show
2,600 companies displayed products and services in booths covering more than 821,000 SF at the January show. read more >
Sanders Appoints Campaign Manager Chris Caldwell to Game & Fish Commission
Caldwell's seven-year term will last until 2031. He'll fill a spot held by Stan Jones, the outgoing chair of the commission. read more >
Arkansas Wetlands Restoration Projects Awarded $4.9M in Federal Grants
The grants, awarded through the Inflation Reduction Act, fund projects focused on rural areas and communities hit hardest by extreme weather and flooding. read more >
Arkansas Game & Fish Commission Gets $3.9M Grant for War Eagle Creek Restoration
The project aims to improve wildlife habitats, watershed functions and recreation along the waterway in northwest Arkansas. read more >
Outdoor Recreation is ‘Big Business,’ With Room to Grow
Outdoor recreation contributed nearly 40,000 jobs and $3.5 billion to Arkansas’ gross domestic product in 2021, but state officials believe that is just a fraction of what the industry can accomplish. read more >
by Marty Cook -
New Home on the Range: Game & Fish Plans NWA Shooting Site
The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission isn’t rushing the search for a home for its next flagship shooting range in northwest Arkansas. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Austin Booth: Game & Fish is Sharpening Focus on Habitat, Water Quality
The director of the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission talks about efforts to rehabilitate duck habitat, getting agency revenue right and appealing to nonhunters. read more >
Arkansas Schools Awarded $808K in Wildlife Education Grants
Funds for the grants come from wildlife fines collected by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. read more >
Stone Ward Strikes Gold for G&FC, Among Others
The Little Rock marketing firm also won silver medals for work with the Little Rock Venture Center and Sport Clips, the national chain of hair cutters. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Sissy’s Log Cabin CEO Bill Jones Appointed to Game & Fish Commission
Jones, an avid duck and turkey hunter, replaces former commissioner Bennie Westphal. read more >
Ross Whipple’s Big Lake Remains Elite Getaway
More than 135 years ago, a group of Little Rock businessmen banded together to form a hunting club on about 2,000 acres of bottomland woods in south Pulaski County. read more >
by George Waldon -
Game & Fish Takes Dry Run at Duck Woods Dilemma
Arkansas game officials are planning to create shallower wetlands in some of the state’s most popular public duck hunting grounds. The objective is letting red oak trees dry out and recover from an H2O overdose in recent growing seasons. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
New Projects Follow $43M Harbor Town
The first new house built in the neighborhood immediately east of downtown Little Rock since 1995 is occupied, and scores of apartments will be ready within weeks. read more >
by George Waldon -
Stone Ward Gets Award for ‘Go Fish’ Campaign
Stone Ward, the downtown Little Rock advertising agency, has picked up a national award for its “Go Fish” campaign for the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Land Deal Off, UA Looks to Replace Cash
With the collapse of a $16.5 million land sale that drew opposition from Arkansas legislators, the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture is searching for ways to replace the lost revenue. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Game & Fish Deer Kills Draws Cammack Village Uproar
It’s an extraordinarily rare day that a deer hunt is mounted on a college campus in the middle of the state’s biggest city. But Little Rock’s Cammack Campus of the University of Arkansas isn’t a normal collegiate setting, and the men downing the deer weren’t permit-toting hunters. read more >
by George Waldon -
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