Jan 5, 2021 -
The harmful aquatic plant known as giant salvinia was discovered in Ashdown’s Millwood Lake on Dec. 28 by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Army Corps of Engineers staff. It is the fourth...
Dec 15, 2020 -
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will conduct a planned drawdown of Lake Charles at least 8 feet below normal pool beginning Nov. 15 and lasting through January.
The released water will be...
Dec 5, 2020 -
Election-year politics didn’t completely cause gridlock in 2020.
On Oct. 30, President Trump signed the America’s Conservation Enhancement Act into law, completing the process to renew...
Nov 25, 2020 -
The application period to catch and keep a trophy-size Arkansas alligator gar opened Nov. 1 and closes Dec. 31.
Only 100 tags will be awarded for 2021. This tag is required to harvest an alligator...
Nov 5, 2020 -
New fishing regulations approved by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission run the gamut from limits changes to permits to boat transport.
All new regulations will go into effect Jan....
Oct 25, 2020 -
Arkansas hunters harvested more alligators than ever before in the 2020 alligator season.
Included in that harvest was the longest alligator taken since the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission began...
Oct 5, 2020 -
As the temperatures drop and the leaves change color, the thoughts of most Arkansans turn to the pursuit of deer, ducks, squirrels and other game.But the changing seasons and dropping temperatures spur...
Sep 14, 2020 -
As proclaimed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Arkansas Hunting and Fishing Week runs this year from Sept. 19-26 and Arkansas Hunting and Fishing Day is Sept. 26.
Just in time, a pandemic-delayed catfish...
Sep 5, 2020 -
The repair to Lake Elmdale’s spillway is going as smoothly as can be expected, said the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, despite setbacks caused by COVID-19 and rains from the recent Hurricane...
Aug 25, 2020 -
Americans seem to have fallen back in love with the outdoors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
With organized sports, spectator-fueled events and formal schools being shut down to slow the spread of...
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