Stone Ward Invites Arkansas to Go Fish
Millie Ward doesn’t hunt, but she does have a fishing license, and the Little Rock advertising exec’s work for the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission is pushing other Arkansans to join her outdoors. read more >
Arkansas’ Feral Hogs No Laughing Matter
Feral hogs damage Arkansas farms and equipment, and it doesn’t take 30-50 to cause real trouble. read more >
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Jami Fisher, Arkansas Game & Fish (40 Under 40)
Jami Fisher is the first woman to serve as CFO in the 103-year history of the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission, a point of professional pride for her. read more >
Arkansas Duck Hunting Not Dead Yet
Reports that there were “no ducks” in the Arkansas Delta this hunting season were greatly exaggerated, but industry leaders are concerned nonetheless. read more >
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It’s All About that Bass Fishing in Arkansas
Arkansas loves bass fishing, and bass fishermen — “anglers” when they’re using a rod and a reel — love Arkansas right back. read more >
Rock City Yacht Club Poised to Set Sail
Nearly a dozen years have passed since John Burkhalter embarked on his Little Rock marina odyssey along the Arkansas River. Site work for the Rock City Yacht Club is finally in full swing, and the local businessman-developer expects to host the first wave of boating enthusiasts this summer. read more >
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AGFC Names Pat Fitts Director
The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission announced Thursday the hiring of Pat Fitts as its director, effective Jan. 1. read more >
For Sale: One Turkey Trot Festival (Feedback)
Despite all of our raised voices, righteous indignation, hurt feelings, saber rattlings or fist raisings and shakings, there isn’t a whole hell of a lot we can do about this state’s image. read more >
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Director of Arkansas Game & Fish Commission Stepping Down
The director of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is stepping down next year. read more >
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Parks, Streams & Woods: 50 Years of Arkansas Tourism and the Ad Man Who Saw It All
Shelby Woods with his marketing agency, Cranford Johnson Robinson & Woods, became the state’s top tourism marketer, publishing the Arkansas Tour Guide for 50 years and helping rebrand Arkansas as a “Natural State” for visitors. read more >
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Pat Fitts Steps Up at Game & Fish (Movers & Shakers)
Pat Fitts has been promoted to assistant deputy director at the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission. read more >
AGFC Renames Wildlife Area to Honor George Dunklin Jr.
The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission votes to rename the Bayou Meto Wildlife Management Area in honor of George Dunklin Jr. of Stuttgart. read more >
CDS Crime Cams Give Agencies Extra Eyes
Cellular Data Solutions of Bryant announced last week that its new Crime Cam can send real-time video of a robbery at a business to the police. read more >
Hutchinson Appoints Bobby Martin to Game & Fish Commission
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday appointed Bobby L. Martin of Rogers to the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission to serve a 7-year term, replacing outgoing commissioner Emon Mahony. read more >
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Third Case of Chronic Wasting Disease Confirmed in Arkansas
The state Game and Fish Commission said Tuesday that a white-tailed deer found at Camp Orr recently tested positive for the fatal disease. read more >
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Game & Fish Commission Names Jeff Crow New Director
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission on Thursday unanimously approved Jeff Crow as its new director. read more >
Johnelle Hunt Gives $5M To Game & Fish for Nature Center
Johnelle Hunt, the co-founder of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell, pledged $5 million toward the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission’s effort to build a nature center in Springdale. Foundation President Chuck Dicus calls the donation "a great way to start" the campaign. read more >
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The One-Way Test (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
At virtually every meeting, Rotarians recite “The Four-Way Test of the Things We Think, Say or Do,” but I keep my mouth shut. I’m fine with the first two — Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? — because those are my personal and professional goals at all times. But the parts about building goodwill and friendship and being beneficial to all concerned — well, the things I’m paid to think, say and do don’t always pass those tests. read more >
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Game & Fish Sets Duck Season at 60 Days
The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission has set the upcoming duck season at 60 days, the 19th consecutive year it has done so. read more >
Trout at Hatchery Test Positive for Potentially Fatal Virus
Rainbow trout at a state fish hatchery have tested positive for a virus that can potentially be fatal to fingerling trout but poses no danger to humans or fishermen who handle or eat the fish. read more >
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