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Arkansas conservation group helps new farmers buy farmland | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
6+ hour, 4+ min ago (38+ words) The Northwest Arkansas Land Trust, supported by the Walton Family Foundation, operated a farmland access program as part of a larger land conservation effort for years. The Conservation Fund's Farms. .. Arkansas conservation group helps new farmers buy farmland...
CONSERVATION: NWTF, USFS partnership helps wild turkeys | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
3+ week, 5+ day ago (682+ words) Since 2023, wild turkeys and turkey hunters have enjoyed the rewards of a remarkable partnership between the National Wild Turkey Federation and the U. S. Forest Service. Significant projects within this partnership are ongoing in the Mid-South Rebirth region of the NWTF's America's…...
Duck hunting: Lack of food, water affecting migration | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (41+ words) Jeb Burnett showed me a video that perfectly encapsulates the mindset of the public land duck hunter. Burnett shot the video at the Lower Vallier Access at Bayou Meto Wildlife Management Area. The. .. Duck hunting: Lack of food, water affecting…...
OPINION | COLUMNIST: Just keep on driving past the roadside zoo signs | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
4+ week, 1+ day ago (191+ words) Behind the quirky signs lies a reality that shatters the illusion of a carefree road trip. Animals in these facilities are often kept in cramped, barren enclosures with little enrichment, denied the space, social structure and natural environment they need…...
Turkey season was one of the best | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (730+ words) In terms of the number of mature gobblers killed, the 2026 spring turkey season was one of the best'on record in Arkansas. On Wednesday, Luke Naylor, chief of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's wildlife management division, briefed the members of…...
Park rangers and local squad attempted to rescue former Fayetteville City Council member, National Park Service says | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (229+ words) AVON, N. C. " The National Park Service has confirmed that a former Fayetteville City Council member who died last week drowned off North Carolina's Outer Banks. The message does confirm Scroggin was the person who drowned. The Charlotte Observer newspaper first reported…...
HUNTING: Turkey hunters have more success | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (659+ words) As of Monday, with six days left in the season, hunters checked 12, 666 wild turkeys in Arkansas. That's a increase of 1, 334 gobblers, approximately 12%, checked during the 2025 spring season. The 2025 official tally of 11, 332 gobblers was a 24% increase over 2024. These stats are noteworthy…...
Interfering with newborn or young wildlife can do more harm than good | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (337+ words) With spring comes new life, including new arrivals of wild animals. The Missouri Department of Conservation reminds people that young wildlife they encounter this time of year may appear to be abandoned, but that's usually not the case. The department…...
Outdoors recreation: Wilderness areas are major assets, need advocate | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (38+ words) Congress has profound influence on outdoors conservation and outdoors recreation, so it's important to know where candidates stand on issues that affect a large percentage of our state's population. Outdoors recreation: Wilderness areas are major assets, need advocate...
Youth turkey harvest points to upward trend; 6 to 15 years old checked 1, 494 turkeys during special youth hunt | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (429+ words) Hunters from 6 to 15 years old checked 1, 494 turkeys April 11-12 during this year's special youth turkey hunt, roughly 30 birds more than last year's hunt and more than 300 turkeys than the hunt numbers in 2024. Youth turkey harvest points to upward trend; 6 to 15 years…...