Engage in conservation through poetry
April 29, 2020
FORT SMITH — The Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center is hosting a special contest for aspiring writers and conservationists in May: a special poetry contest focused on conservation and the environment. Winners will be featured in the September/October issue of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s award-winning magazine, Arkansas Wildlife.
Youth from grades 1-12 compete in first statewide Marksmanship Challenge
Sept. 25, 2019
FORT SMITH — More than 200 young outdoors enthusiasts gathered at Arkansas Game and Fish Commission nature centers and education centers throughout the state last Saturday to participate in the first-ever statewide Marksmanship Challenge. When the last arrow was pulled Samuel Sanders at the Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center took top honors in the oldest age group, the tenth- through 12th-grade division.
Make a conversation starter for turkeys at Fort Smith nature center workshop
Feb. 20, 2019
FORT SMITH — The Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center will hold a special turkey hunting workshop that will focus on turkey calling at 6 p.m., March 8. Not only will participants learn the basics of how to attract turkeys with a friction call, they’ll build their own call they can use to chase down their bird.
Fort Smith nature center hosting couples trout-fishing derby
Feb. 6, 2019
FORT SMITH - The Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center will be hosting a free, couples-only fishing derby from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 9.
Bear hunting seminar slated for Fort Smith nature center
Aug. 15, 2018
FORT SMITH - Myron Means, large carnivore program coordinator for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, will host a seminar dedicated to hunting black bears at the Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday Aug. 30.
Fort Smith nature center offers sweet seminar on honeybees
Feb. 7, 2018
FORT SMITH – The Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center will host a special introduction to beekeeping at 1 p.m., Feb. 10 to teach visitors the basics on setting up and maintaining a healthy honeybee hive on their own.
Maynard to oversee all AGFC Nature Centers
May 31, 2017
Leadership within the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's Education Division has chosen Eric Maynard of Pine Bluff to assume the role of Assistant Chief of Education, overseeing the AGFC's well-known nature centers throughout the state.