AGFC monitoring avian influenza in Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is asking waterfowl hunters and wildlife watchers heading to the field to keep an eye out for any sick or dead birds they find in the wild that may be the result of avian influenza.... Read More.
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AGFC adds 12,000 acres of Arkansas wetlands for waterfowl

Nearly 12,000 additional acres of wetlands will greet waterfowl in The Natural State this winter, thanks to the successful implementation of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Conservation Incentive Program. The program was funded through special set-aside funds by the Arkansas General Assembly. Throughout spring... Read More.
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Simmon’s First Foundation teams up with AGFC

The Simmons First Foundation has joined with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation to sponsor a new initiative to make the outdoors more accessible to all Arkansans. They donated a check to the AGFF for more than $60,000 to... Read More.

AGFC accepting paid intern applications

Arkansas Game and Fish is now accepting applications for paid summer interns. Nykki Allred in the intern coordinator and joined Rick Walker for Sunrise Deltaplex to discuss the program. Walker asked her what those hired will experience. She stressed this is a paid internship with the ability... Read More.
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AGFC sets table for future Monticello monsters

MONTICELLO — Hatchery staff and biologists from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service worked together to load more than one-quarter of a million forage fish into the rising waters of Lake Monticello in October.  Approximately 180,000 fathead minnows, 111,900... Read More.
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AGFC, Warren complete shooting sports complex

WARREN — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission celebrated the agency’s latest partnership shooting range with the city of Warren at Wednesday’s grand opening of the city’s expanded target-shooting facility. The Warren Shooting Sports Complex originally opened in 2015, but only held ranges for trap... Read More.
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AGFC prepares for 16th year of Youth Shooting Sports Program

This year’s tournaments may be months away, but Jimmy Self, shooting sports coordinator for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, is busy sorting, filing and getting things ready for another season of introducing Arkansas youth to shotgun skills and competitive trap shooting with the... Read More.