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Find A Nature Center Near You

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission educators are available to come to your location to teach about wildlife and the outdoors at your school, civic group, library, church, home-school group or other organized group.

Topics we cover include:

Conservation education and wildlife biology
Setting up and teaching basic archery or bowhunting
Hunting skills, including working with you to teach hunting
Fishing clinics, classes and skill building at any level or fishing type
Arkansas wildlife biology, identification and viewing
Birding skills and taking groups to view birds
Hunter Education
Boater Education
ATV Safety
Outdoor and/or wild game cooking techniques and recipes
Orienteering
Rifle, pistol and shotgun firearms safety and instruction
Helping teachers meet academic standards and requirements through customized activities in your classroom
And anything else outdoors or wildlife related you can think of!

Bring the Outdoors Into Your Community

Click here to request AGFC support for community events, education outreach in your school and more.

Coordinate an AGFC Visit

For Schools and Teachers

Engage your students of any age with standards-based activities and support for conservation education in the field through these programs:

Boater Education

Teachers are encouraged to become a certified Hunter and/or Boater Education instructor. AGFC will provide you training and all the materials you need to incorporate these important skills into your classroom.

Archery in the Schools

Archery in the Schools Program (AIS) – part of the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) – targets students as young as fourth grade and as old as high school seniors. AGFC certifies coaches and PE teachers to teach archery skills and offer tournaments for students.

Youth Shooting Sports

Trap-shooting program for students. Teams are invited to participate in regional and state tournaments.

Wildlife Education Grants

Fines collected from game and fish citations return to the county where the offense occurred. AGFC and the Rural Services division work together to grant these funds to schools and conservation districts for conservation and outdoor education. Applications are due in October each year.

Fishing in the Natural State

Curriculum and resource kits for 4th-12th grade classrooms teaching fishing, stream ecology and/or biology. Educators who attend training are eligible for kits, fishing derbies and in-class fish dissections with AGFC staff.

Stream Team

The Stream Team program is a resource to help educators and community leaders take initiative in conservation of our local waterways. Those interested can register to sponsor a Stream Team and adopt a waterway of their choice.

Growing Up Wild

This early childhood education guide helps preschool and early elementary educators build on children’s sense of wonder about nature and invites them to explore wildlife and the world around them.

Hunter Education

Teachers are encouraged to become a certified Hunter and/or Boater Education instructor. AGFC will provide you training and all the materials you need to incorporate these important skills into your classroom.

Conservation Scholarships

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