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Arkansas turkey hunters post highest harvest in 20 years | News | jonesborosun. com
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (286+ words) Arkansas turkey hunters post highest harvest in 20 years Jonesboro Sun Arkansas's first family got in on the action during this year's record-setting turkey hunting season. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Arkansas's first gentleman, Bryan Sanders, both harvested mature gobblers in…...
Long receives NRCS National Pastureland Conservation Award at the Arkansas Grazing Land Coalition Annual Conference
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (256+ words) Jonesboro Sun NRCS-AR Sharp County District Conservationist and NE Area Resource Conservationist Becky Long (Center), poses with Sharp County District Board Member Brian Neal (Left) and NRCS State Grazing Specialist, Jeremy Huff (Right), after she was announced as 2025 National Pastureland…...
Arkansas rice producers wanted for waterfowl habitat, hunting program
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (269+ words) Jonesboro Sun Arkansas rice farmers who participate in the AGFC's WRICE program can earn up to $150 per acre for flooding their fields and allowing limited hunting opportunities. LITTLE ROCK " Rice producers interested in helping Arkansas's wintering waterfowl populations while drawing…...
Annual turkey report offers insight into 2026 hunting season
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (257+ words) jonesborosun. com Turkey hunters should experience good hunting in 2026, thanks to increased reproduction in 2024 and good gobbler carryover at the end of the 2025 hunting season. The 2026 spring turkey hunting season will feature new turkey zones with slightly different opening days....
Schools encouraged to advance conservation education through grants
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (226+ words) Jonesboro Sun Students in the Norfork School District participated in the AGFC Fishing in The Natural State Program as part of their journey to become a School of Conservation Leadership. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is looking for the…...
AGFC announces second round of Conservation Incentive Program
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (259+ words) Jonesboro Sun Removing invasive tree species and thinning dense forests to create more native forage for wildlife are both practices offered in the most recent round of Conservation Incentive Program payments. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is accepting applications…...