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Former Ducks Unlimited President Doug Schoenrock Named Director of Arkansas Game & Fish Commission
The commission said Schoenrock, a Tennessee native, is a dedicated hunter with years of experience in conservation and business management. read more >
Sustainability Credits Venture Gone Awry: Legal Battle Unfolds over $67 Million Land Deal
Partners Jerry Lee Bogard and Rebecca Winemiller purchased 12,500 acres in hopes of selling sustainability credits. However, the credits never sold, and Bogard and Winemiller are now involved in a lawsuit over their business. read more >
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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 >
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Six Projects in Arkansas Receive Entergy Grants
Through Entergy’s Environmental Initiatives Fund, the company’s shareholders contributed $1 million in grants for projects in five states, including six in Arkansas. read more >
George Dunklin Joins Board of Wetlands America Trust
Wetlands America Trust, the land trust arm of Ducks Unlimited, said this week that it has added George Dunklin to its board of trustees. read more >
Anheuser-Busch Teams with USA Rice to Improve Water Efficiency
Anheuser-Busch has joined with USA Rice to form the Rice Stewardship Partnership aimed at improving water efficiency, riceland preservation and wildlife protection. read more >
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Ducks Unlimited Legacy of Service Award: Kiah Gardner Sr.
Growing up in the Russellville area, where he lives still, Kiah Gardner has accumulated a lifetime of hunting and fishing under his belt. read more >
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With Ducks In Row, Little Siberia Land Deal Closes
George Dunklin Jr., former chairman of Ducks Unlimited and owner of the Five Oaks Hunting Lodge, acquired the property earlier this year through Little Siberia LLC. 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 >
First Waterfowler Hall of Fame Class Inducted
The inaugural Waterfowler Hall of Fame class of seven conservationists and duck hunting legends was inducted Thursday at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. read more >
Contemporary Inductee: George Dunklin Jr., A Legacy on the Grand Prairie
It’s amazing what you can learn if you listen. For George Dunklin Jr., the many drives from his childhood home in Pine Bluff to family hunting land around Stuttgart and back again with his father proved that. read more >
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Ducks Unlimited Legacy of Service Award: Rollie Remmel
Rollie Remmel embodied the title “best friend” to everyone he met and every cause he got behind. Untiring in his passion for ducks and conservation and irresistible in his boundless love for people, Remmel was, in fact, the best friend Arkansas, duck hunting and thousands of individuals ever had. read more >
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Walmart Foundation Gives Rice Program $1M
The Walmart Foundation has given $1 million to a partnership led by Ducks Unlimited and USA Rice to help rice producers "increase sustainability and profitability," the waterfowl conservation nonprofit announced Friday. read more >
Arkansas Poultry Industry Braces for Bird Flu
Many Arkansans are looking skyward, eager to see migrating ducks from the north flying though the state when hunting season opens in November.
Many other Arkansans are looking in the same direction, but with anxiety rather than eagerness. read more >
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After Auction, George Dunklin Plowing New Ground
With the proceeds from a February land auction, George Dunklin Jr. has invested in commercial real estate across Arkansas. read more >
Ducks Unlimited CEO to Speak at Rice Council, Rice Farmers Event
The Arkansas Rice Council and Arkansas Rice Farmers will hold its annual meeting and trade show beginning at 9 a.m. Thursday Jan. 30 in at the Grand Prairie Center in Stuttgart. read more >
Vince Callahan Joins National Board of Ducks Unlimited
Ducks Unlimited elects Vince Callahan of Proctor to be an at-large member of the nonprofit conservation organization's national board of directors. read more >
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