Wild Science Webinar: September 2023 - Spring River Brown Trout and King Rails
Sept. 15, 2023
The Wild Science Webinar is a monthly series featuring Arkansas Game and Fish Commission staff and guest speakers presenting research and projects about Arkansas fish and wildlife. Joe Kaiser, Trout Management Biologist, will present "Spring River Brown Trout Growth and Diets" and Jess Schmit, master's student at the University of Arkansas, will present "Ain't no Rest for the Cryptid: Migration and Breeding Ecology of a Secretive Marshbird".
Wild Science Webinar: August 2023 - Exploitation of Striped Bass and Thermal Drones for Deer Management
Aug. 14, 2023
The Wild Science Webinar is a monthly series featuring Arkansas Game and Fish Commission staff and guest speakers presenting research and projects about Arkansas fish and wildlife. Jeremy Brown, Deer Management Assistance Program Coordinator, will present "Thermal Drones: What is their Role in White-Tailed Deer Management?". Eric Gates, Fisheries Management Biologist, will present "Exploitation of Striped Bass Populations in Arkansas Reservoirs."
Wild Science Webinar: July 2023 - The Lake Monticello Renovation Project and History of Conservation in Arkansas
July 31, 2023
The Wild Science Webinar is a monthly series featuring Arkansas Game and Fish Commission staff and guest speakers presenting research and projects about Arkansas fish and wildlife. Trey Reid, Assistant Chief of Communications, will present "We've Come a Long Way: A Brief History of Conservation in Arkansas" and Kris Nault, District 5 Fisheries Supervisor, will present "The Lake Monticello Renovation Project".
Wild Science Webinar: June 2023 - Reservoir Habitat Evaluation and The BEAR Facts: A Survey of Arkansas Bear Hunters
June 13, 2023
The Wild Science Webinar is a monthly series featuring Arkansas Game and Fish Commission staff and guest speakers presenting research and projects about Arkansas fish and wildlife. Matt Schroeder, District 10 Fisheries Supervisor, will present "Reservoir Habitat Evaluation" and Ava Smith, Social Science Research Specialist, will present "The BEAR Facts: A Survey of Arkansas Bear Hunters".
Wild Science Webinar: May 2023 - The Egyptian Goose Invasion and Methods Used to Spawn and Culture Walleye
May 10, 2023
The Wild Science Webinar is a monthly series featuring Arkansas Game and Fish Commission staff and guest speakers presenting research and projects about Arkansas fish and wildlife. Percy Marshall, a Graduate Student from the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville will be presenting "The Egyptian Goose: Tracking an Invasion" and Joe Adams, Hatchery Manager, will be presenting "An Overview of Methods Used at the C.B. "Charlie" Craig State Fish Hatchery to Spawn and Culture Walleye".
Wild Science Webinar: April 2023 - Surveying Wildlife Viewers and Using Tech to Modernize Fishing Efforts
April 7, 2023
The Wild Science Webinar is a monthly series featuring Arkansas Game and Fish Commission staff presenting research and projects about Arkansas fish and wildlife. Kirsten Bartlow, Watchable Wildlife Coordinator, will present "Surveying Wildlife Viewers in Arkansas". Nick Feltz, District 10 Fisheries Management Biologist, will present "Using Technology to Modernize Estimating Fishing Effort".
Wild Science Webinar: March 2023 - CWD Research and Evaluating Florida Bass in Lake Ouachita
March 9, 2023
The Wild Science Webinar is a monthly series featuring Arkansas Game and Fish Commission staff presenting research and projects about Arkansas fish and wildlife. We have a bit of a change this month as one of our speakers is not an AGFC employee. Marcelo Jorge is a PhD student from the University of Georgia working on an AGFC funded project investigating chronic wasting disease in Arkansas. He will present some early results from his work in a presentation titled "Deer Survival and CWD in the Southeast". Dr. Chris Middaugh, Research Biologist, will present "Evaluating Florida Bass Stocking in Lake Ouachita: Using Research to Guide Future Efforts".