Backcountry Hunters & Anglers - Arkansas Chapter

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Apr

2024

Arkansas Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Contributes $5,000 to Arkansas Game and Fish for Black Bear Research

Arkansas Backcountry Hunters and Anglers has made a donation of $5,000 to support black bear research efforts undertaken by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC). This contribution, sourced from the ticket sales of the 2024 Black Bear Bonanza, underscores Arkansas BHA's commitment to wildlife conservation and preservation of natural habitats in Arkansas. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is responsible for the conservation and management of Arkansas's fish and wildlife resources. ...
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Oct

2023

AFI Snow Goose Hunt As Seen in Shooting Sportsman

Author: Trevor Hubbs
As Seen in the Sep-Oct Shooting Sportsman Magazine: “Snowbirds and No Words”   I sat up in my layout blind in an Arkansas mud field, amidst a thousand snow goose decoys.  The CEO of G&H Decoys from Henrietta Oklahoma sat up in the blind next to me and offered me a cigar.  Ray had driven in the night before and had been asleep in his blind snoring loudly 5 minutes before the legal shooting light.  Wide awake now he contentedly puffed on a victory cigar.    Ray and I found ourselves in ...
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13

Jul

2023

Arkansas BHA Brokers Access Agreement to Thousands of Acres

Author: Thomas Plank
News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 13, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Volunteer-driven partnership with private landowner and Game and Fish Commission provides full and permanent legal access to prime fish and wildlife habitat in western Arkansas FORT SMITH, Ark. – The Arkansas chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers achieved a major public access win today, inking the deal on a land purchase that will provide permanent access to thousands of acres of ...
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Sep

2022

Volunteers help keep Ouachita National Forest clean

Author: Josh Kaywood
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – (Sept. 14, 2022) Thirty volunteers, mostly from the Arkansas Backcountry Hunters and Anglers and Natural State Overland, collected 50 bags of trash and 140 tires from a dump site in Perry County on the Ouachita National Forest, Sept. 10. The event coincided with the Great Arkansas Cleanup, which began September 10 and continues through October. The Jessieville-Winona-Fourche Ranger District provided a truck and trailer to collect the tires and partnered with Perry County ...
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18

Jul

2022

Black River WMA: Digging Into Public Waterfowl Hunting in Arkansas

Earlier this spring a concerned member contacted our board with a question about Dave Donaldson Black River Wildlife Management Area in Northeast Arkansas. With all the news and publicity concerning green tree reservoirs (GTRs) at Bayou Meto and Hurricane Lake WMAs, why hadn’t there been any news about Black River? (Side note: if you’re not familiar with this topic, check out Clay Newcomb’s Bear Grease podcast episodes 36-39, where he covers the habitat problem that is generations in the ...
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May

2022

What is SCORP?

Author: Anonym
What is SCORP?  Per federal regulations, each state must complete a statewide comprehensive outdoor recreation plan every five years to receive resource appropriations from the National Land and Water Conservation Fund. These funds, distributed per state, are then used to increase outdoor recreation access and participation via state approved projects. Each state must submit this plan to the National Park Service to meet requirements for funds distribution. Part of this plan includes outdoor ...
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May

2022

BHA Bestows Top Honors at North American Rendezvous

News for Immediate ReleaseMay 17, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org  MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers bestowed its top honors on a suite of deserving recipients at the 11th annual BHA North American Rendezvous, held in Missoula, Montana, May 12-14. BHA’s annual awards honor unequalled commitment, tireless effort and ongoing dedication to public lands and waters, fish and wildlife and hunting and fishing. BHA's Collegiate Club members ...
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Mar

2022

New Pine Tree agreement benefits public and wildlife

We didn’t really need a reason to celebrate on St. Patrick’s Day, but public land hunters in Arkansas can raise a toast to a long-term management agreement for the Pine Tree Research Station WDA. During the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s monthly meeting on March 17, Commissioners authorized Director Austin Booth to sign a 10-year cooperative agreement with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture for the Pine Tree Research Station WDA. The new agreement will allow the two ...
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Feb

2022

Arkansas' Pine Tree Research Station Will Stay Open to Public Hunting

A major victory for public lands hunting access was notched last week in the Arkansas Capitol as the attempted sale of the Pine Tree Research Station was closed down. "To put it succinctly, several different parties came together with an interest in seeing that the Pine Tree property remained open for public enjoyment," said James Brandenburg, a leader of the Arkansas chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. The sale of 6,300 acres of the University of Arkansas Pine Tree Research Station ...
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May

2021

USFWS Proposal — Good For The Southeast

Author: Josh Kaywood
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to expand public hunting and fishing opportunities within the National Wildlife Refuge System within the Southeast. We encourage hunters and anglers to join us in commenting on this proposed expansion. Nationally, the increases would enhance public access to 2.1 million acres, encompassing 90 national wildlife refuges and one national fish hatchery – the largest expansion of opportunities to date. This is great news for hunters and anglers and ...
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