Background
 Federal funds are available to Arkansas through State Wildlife Grants
to monitor, research and protect the needs of wildlife not addressed by
funding available for game species or endangered species. To be eligible
for these funds, Arkansas developed a comprehensive strategy to
effectively
allocate the money.
The strategy was
authored by teams of wildlife professionals representing public
agencies and private organizations. The
Arkansas Wildlife Action Plan was approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service on January 17,2007. The Plan was revised and approved January
2015.
The Arkansas Wildlife Action plan implements
the priorities determined by a database
of scientific knowledge of wildlife. A total of 377 species of greatest conservation need
are addressed in
the context of 37 terrestrial habitats and 18 aquatic habitats in 7 ecoregions in
Arkansas.
Citation: Fowler, Allison (Ed) 2015.
Arkansas Wildlife Action Plan. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Little
Rock, Arkansas. 1678 pp.
Arkansas Wildlife Action Plan
Introduction
I.
Wildlife Action Plan
II. Species of
Greatest Conservation Need
- Identification
and prioritization
- Distribution
- Expert
Assessments
- Species Reports
III.
The Ecoregions of Arkansas
- Conservation
priority
- Ozark Highlands
Ecoregion
- Boston Mountain
Ecoregion
- Arkansas Valley
Ecoregion
- Ouachita Mountains
Ecoregion
- South Central
Plains Ecoregion
- Mississippi
Alluvial Plain Ecoregion
- Mississippi
Valley Loess Plains
IV.
Terrestrial Habitats
- Components of
Reports
- Terrestrial
habitat reports
V.
Aquatic Habitats
- Definition
- Ranking
- Ecobasins
- Aquatic habitat
health
- Indicators of
aquatic condition
- Ranking and overall condition
VI.
Informing and engaging the public
-
Continuing efforts
for informing and
engaging the public
VII.
Climate Change in Arkansas
- Introduction
- Background
- Projected Changes for Arkansas
- Potential Impacts to Habitats
- Potential Impacts to Species
- Adaptation Strategy
VIII.
Support Documents
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Appendix 1.1. Acronyms
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Appendix 2.1. List of SGCN by Priority Score
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Appendix 2.2. List of SGCN by Taxonomic Group
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Appendix 2.3. List of Added and Removed SGCN for
2015 Revision
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Appendix 3.1. Potential Habitat: GIS Methodology
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Appendix 3.2. Crosswalk of Terrestrial Habitat Changes
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Appendix 4.1. Aquatic Health and Ecobasin Condition:
GIS Methodology
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Appendix 5.1. References and Literature Cited
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