Wildlife Photography

AWF has worked with an outstanding wildlife photographer who has taken excellent wildlife photos used by the Arkansas Wildlife Federation in various publication. His name is : Tim Carr, 201 W, Parkway, Russellville, AR 72801, 479-968-5305.

Other AWF Members and Volunteers supply photography of nature, wildlife and events for our usage as well. If you have a great photo of Arkansas wildlife or nature, feel free to submit it for our usage. You might find it on our website, Facebook or in an issue of Arkansas Out-of-Doors.

Gardening for Wildlife

Backyard habitat

One of the main factors negatively affecting wildlife populations worldwide is the loss, change, and fragmentation of habitat (picture of cutting down tree) The loss of wildlife habitat as a result of human induced changes has been a large factor contributing to the loss and extinction of wildlife populations worldwide.  As population growth continues to increase more and more wildlife habitat will be lost to human development.  The National Wildlife Federation is solving this problem through the implementation of the Backyard Wildlife Habitat Program. This program allows you to restore natural wildlife habitat in your own backyard through an official certification.  Through the planting of native plants and minimal planning you can restore habitat for wildlife that were here many years before us.  Recently the National Wildlife Federation recently surpassed 70,000 backyard habitat certifications!  

The program uses a list of criteria including food, water, cover, and places to raise young, to gage habitat quality. To read more about the native plants in your area go here.  Go here to learn more about the benefits of backyard habitat

Hunting and Fishing

Get Outdoors!

Go to Arkansas Game and Fish Commission web site for information on hunting and fishing activities.

The state of Arkansas has vast natural resources and innumerable things to do outside. Here are few of the many opportunities:  

Waterfowl

Waterfowl are a very popular game species in Arkansas.  Duck hunting has become one of Arkansas most treasured hobbies with over 100,000 duck hunters living in the state alone.  Also, the State of Arkansas boasts the largest concentration of wintering mallards in North America.

One of the recent AWF accomplishments includes the acclaimed report titled “Improving the Quality of Duck Hunting in Arkansas”.  This report is a response and an analysis to the poor duck hunting season in 2002-2003, and resulted out of a desire to better manage duck hunting in the state.  A summary of the recommendations in this report can be found here.

Hunting and Fishing Opportunities

Hunters and anglers can obtain their Arkansas state hunting and fishing permits and licenses here; also a wealth of other hunting and fishing related information from the state exists there as well.  In addition there are many parks and wildlife areas to go hunting and fishing at in the state. 

To view hunting and fishing opportunities at U.S Fish and Wildlife refuges in Arkansas go here.  The Arkansas game and fish commission maintains many Wildlife Management Areas, (WMA) with many hunting and fishing opportunities .  The Ozark St. Francis National Forests have other outdoor opportunities as well.  Other hunting and fishing opportunities exist in the Buffalo National River, Lake Ouachita , and DeGrey Lake Resort State Park . Finally this link can help you locate other hunting and fishing areas in the state or Arkansas.

Additional Note for Hunters and Fishers
Global warming is an issue that all sportsmen should be concerned with because of the potential catastrophic consequences it poses to wildlife habitat and their beloved game species. To learn more about what global warming means for hunters and fisherman go to the global warming section of this site.