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Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Newsletter

Bear sightings almost a spring certainty

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

AGFC extends deadline for landowner boat dock/boat house repairs at Lake Conway

May. 5, 2025

Apply for a chance to hunt an Arkansas Elk

Apr. 30, 2025

Unattended baby wild animals may not be abandoned 

Apr. 30, 2025

Pintail bag limit increased for 2025-26 waterfowl season, special teal hunt shortened 

Apr. 29, 2025

New Glaise Creek structure meeting challenges

Apr. 28, 2025

Contenders take aim as shooting sports regionals begin 

Apr. 23, 2025

Teens turn duck season around in youth WRICE hunt 

Apr. 23, 2025

Schoenrock chosen to lead AGFC

Apr. 21, 2025

Conservation partners serving up second course for Taste of the Wild cooking expo

Apr. 18, 2025