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Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Newsletter

Free Fishing Weekend June 6-8

Jun. 2, 2025

Public comment survey available on proposed turkey zones, bass tournament length limit waiver, disorderly conduct on WMAs and resident guide license fees

May. 30, 2025

Axolotl registration required by June 30

May. 30, 2025

Partnership restores local lizards with sooner ‘boomers’ 

May. 30, 2025

GatorWise website educates Arkansans on coexisting with alligators

May. 27, 2025

Brookland Seniors lead all shooters into YSS state tournament

May. 23, 2025

Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation announces honorees for the 2025 Outdoor Hall of Fame 

May. 23, 2025

Enforcement training center expansion planned at AGFC Mayflower facility

May. 22, 2025

Bear sightings almost a spring certainty

May. 20, 2025

Spring River hatchery drying out one month after flood 

May. 20, 2025

Arkansas hunters post nine-year high in turkey harvest

May. 16, 2025

Arkansas battles feral hog invasion: A timeline of eradication efforts

May. 14, 2025

Exclusive Access: Explore Arkansas’s private fishing hotspots

May. 12, 2025

Subscribe to Arkansas Wildlife, receive 2025-26 calendar 

May. 12, 2025

Crowley’s Ridge nature center celebrates 1 million visitors

May. 12, 2025

Northwest Arkansas schools plant conservation roots at Bob Kidd Lake

May. 8, 2025

Pennington goes solo, repeats as Commissioners’ Cup winner

May. 8, 2025

AGFC launches outdoor education student club and competition 

May. 7, 2025