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03.24.08--Arkansas
Wildlife Action Plan
Executive Summary
is now available.
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01.14.08--2008
Preproposals are posted for review.
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01.2008--Wetlands Project Under Way at Clinton Center.
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11.30.07--The
Request for Preproposals
2008 State
Wildlife Grants is now available.
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10.24.07--13 acres to become wetlands park
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10.24.07--Clinton, Kumpuris kick off wetlands project
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10.24.07--President Clinton Joins Friends & Family Of Late Bill Clark To Unveil Plans For Wetlands Restoration
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10.18.07--"Flitting With Disaster"
A study by a University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor reveals that
Diana fritillary, the state butterfly, and the great spangled fritillary need
specific habitat.
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05.08.07--"Life
in the Rocks"
Species of
Greatest Conservation Concern
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04.11.07--Marsh
Birds
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04.06.07--US
FWS releases SWG funds for 2007. Arkansas to get $709K
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04.02.07--Skunk Outlook
Spotty
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03.23.07--Finalists
for 2007 State Wildlife Grant funding have been selected.
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03.12.07--Request
for proposals for collaborative state wildlife agency projects. Match
funding will be provided by Doris Duke Foundation. More here:
http://www.nfwf.org Deadline
is May 20, 2007.
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02.21.07--Copies of the approved Arkansas Wildlife Action
Plan are available. Email
jeanderson@agfc.state.ar.us for a copy.
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01.24.07--USFWS
director gives final approval of Arkansas wildlife action plan
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01.22.07--With
grant, backwater will be wildlife magnet; Federal money sought to
restore LR wetland
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01.16.07--Proposals
are posted for review.
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01.12.07--AGFC
and Audubon Arkansas unveil new 'Birds
of Arkansas'
website. Audubon Arkansas and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
have teamed up to create
www.birdsofarkansas.org,
a new Website, which helps users identify common Arkansas birds.
The site lists 100 common Arkansas birds with photos and a brief
description. Bird species may be sorted by color, size, habitat
preferences or the season they can be found in The Natural State. Sound
files of the birds' songs are included in the descriptions, and an
interesting fact accompanies each listing.
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12.01.06--2007
State Wildlife
Grants application period is December 1, 2006-January 16, 2007.
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12.01.06--A
request for preproposals to implement priorities identified in the Arkansas Wildlife
Action Plan.
Appendix 1-2007 SWG Guidelines.
Appendix 2-Steering Committee Results.
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11.21.06--New
federal guidelines for State Wildlife Grants are announced.
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11.21.06--The
State Wildlife Action Plan Steering Committee met October 5, 2006 to
discuss projects and process. Committee members voted to select
implementation priorities from lists provided Taxa Association Teams and
Habitat Teams. (Meeting
summary.)
Steering
Committee voting results.
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10.31.06--The
revised CWCS was submitted to the Fish &
Wildlife Service for review.
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Request for proposals
for a project to examine the home range, survival, and dispersal of Ozark
pocket gophers in Izard County Arkansas. The deadline for proposals to
be received by the Commission is February 20, 2006. (download)
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The
Draft
Strategy is updated with new species and
habitat lists. Also, Ecoregion documents and a new introduction
have been posted.
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The
Request for Proposals FY05 State
Wildlife Grants and
FY05-06
Project Proposals are now available on the Designing
A Future for Arkansas Wildlife Grants web page.
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Help out wildlife!
Let Congress know you support nongame funding!
Earlier this year
55 Senators and 128 Representatives from both parties and every region
of the country joined in calling for at least $85 million for State
Wildlife Grants. The House of Representatives provides $65 million in
the FY2006 Interior appropriations Bill, while the Senate would provide
$72 million. The President's budget calls for $74 million. Please let
the House and Senate appropriation committee chairmen, along with
Senators Lincoln and Pryor, know that you support at least $72 million
for State Wildlife Grants. A sign-on letter and committee addresses may
be found at
www.teaming.com.
Action is necessary by noon Monday, July 18.
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The
long-term goal of Arkansas’ Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation
Strategy is to promote voluntary conservation strategies
that maintain habitats where species of greatest conservation need
live. In the
meantime, we need scientists, stakeholders and the general public
to review the draft strategy and provide input. You can provide
input into the strategy in two ways:
Comment
on the draft strategy
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During
June, 288 Arkansans participated in Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation
Strategy (CWCS) stakeholder meetings in Hope, Jonesboro, Fayetteville,
Lake Village and Little Rock. Part of the public involvement process
for State Wildlife Grants funding, the meetings were designed to capture
opinions about the nongame species and conservation actions contained in
the draft strategy. State Wildlife Grants is the nation's core program
for preventing wildlife, especially nongame species, from becoming
endangered. For a national perspective on State Wildlife Grants go to
www.teaming.com.
Stakeholder
Meetings: Arkansans interested
in management of nongame wildlife are invited to participate in
one of five regional stakeholder meetings in June. For
each meeting, registration and a light buffet dinner will start
at 5:00 p.m. The meetings will begin promptly
at 6:00 p.m. and end at 8:00 p.m.
- June
7, 2005 |
Gallery
University of Arkansas Community College, 2500 South Main,
Hope
- June
9, 2005 |
Gallery
Forrest L. Wood Crowley’s Ridge Nature Center, 600 E. Lawson Rd,
Jonesboro
- June
14, 2005 |
Gallery
University of Ark. Center for Continuing Education, 2 East Center St,
Fayetteville
- June
20, 2005 |
Gallery
Lakeside High School Commons, Hwy 82 West,
Lake Village
- June
30, 2005 |
Gallery
University of Ark. Cooperative Ext. Service
state
office, 2301 S. University, Little Rock
When
you register, provide the following information: name(s)
of those who will attend, mailing address, and telephone
number. Meeting participation is limited to 60 participants
so advance
registration is required.
At these
meetings, the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission and its
partners will share the draft strategy prepared by a
team
of scientists and wildlife managers. Participants will
discuss ways to promote voluntary conservation strategies
that maintain or restore habitats. They will share ideas
about what conservation actions work best and what efforts
will be needed to get private landowners to implement them
voluntarily. Click
here to
see the agenda. Your input is important to us.
Voluntary
conservation actions can help improve wildlife habitat.
Recognizing this, Congress has created the
State
Wildlife Grants Program to provide states with funds
for conserving
species of greatest conservation need. Arkansas can
receive nearly a million federal dollars a year for research
and
designing conservation actions. To be eligible for these
funds, states must submit a Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation
Strategy to the federal government by October 1. We need
your input in developing this action plan. To learn more,
read the
Designing
A Future For Arkansas Wildlife brochure.
