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Outdoors: Virus found in trout at AGFC hatchery
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Friday, August 7, 2015. Virus found in trout at AGFC hatchery. MAMMOTH SPRING – Rainbow trout at the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Jim Hinkle Spring River State Fish Hatchery have tested positive for infectious pancreatic necrosis, a virus that can be fatal to fingerling trout. IPN is not transmittable to humans and presents no risk to anglers who handle or eat trout. Arkansas’s two national trout hatcheries – on the North Fork and Little Red rivers – provide more than 940,000 fin...The Spring Rive...
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Outdoors: Game and Fish Foundation selects Hall of Fame inductees
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Friday, July 10, 2015. Game and Fish Foundation selects Hall of Fame inductees. LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation has chosen its 2015 Arkansas Outdoor Hall of Fame inductees: Steve Bowman of Little Rock, outdoor writer and editor. The late Joel Campora of Waldron, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission wildlife officer first class who died in the line of duty while trying to save two women from floodwaters in 2013. Jerry Fisk of Nashville, master bladesmith and artist. The Arkansas Outdoor H...
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Outdoors: Duck survey shows record numbers, average pond count
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Friday, July 10, 2015. Duck survey shows record numbers, average pond count. LITTLE ROCK — Duck numbers in North America were at a record high, but that good news was tempered a bit by a lower pond count in key areas of the breeding grounds in early spring, according to the 2015 Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey. Mallards, the favorite duck species for many Arkansas hunters are at an all-time high. Naylor said that despite another year of high population estimates, habitat conditions ̵...
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Outdoors: Tracking the American Woodcock
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Tracking the American Woodcock. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Biologists are using a federal grant to continue tracking the migration of the familiar American woodcock, a bird that is slowly disappearing across eastern North America. American woodcocks have been studied extensively in their breeding grounds – which include the upper Midwest, New England and Canada – and their wintering grounds in the Southeast and Gulf Coast, but there has been very little research of the woo...Joe Moore...
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Outdoors: Commission approves dove season dates
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Thursday, July 16, 2015. Commission approves dove season dates. LITTLE ROCK – Hunting may be the furthest thought from the minds of Arkansas outdoorsmen, but fall hunting was on the agenda for today’s meeting of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. During the meeting, the Commission set the state’s dove season dates. Commissioners also heard a proposal for the late migratory bird seasons. Early migratory bird season dates:. Mourning Dove and Eurasian Collared Dove. Sept 12-Nov. 20. Nov 7-Dec. 21. Heard...
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Outdoors: Mark Cutrer Named Deputy State Forester
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Monday, July 20, 2015. Mark Cutrer Named Deputy State Forester. LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – The Arkansas Forestry Commission (AFC) has named Mark Cutrer as its new Deputy State Forester. 8220;Mark’s broad knowledge of forestry in Arkansas, his varied experience with the Arkansas Forestry Commission, and his proven leadership ability will uniquely help us as we fulfill our mission for Arkansans and Arkansas forests. We expect great things from him,” said State Forester Joe Fox. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Outdoors: Duck calling icon Butch Richenback dies
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Friday, July 10, 2015. Duck calling icon Butch Richenback dies. STUTTGART – Butch Richenback has been called the Pied Piper of Stuttgart, and he used a duck call instead of a flute. Richenback was inducted into the Arkansas Outdoor Hall of Fame, one of his accolades that he accepted with a quiet smile and just a few words. Richenback himself won all the duck calling titles that the Stuttgart event offers. He was one of the pillars of that unique annual event along with Chick Major, Pat Peacock and qu...