The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission meets today to discuss the proposed dates for upcoming waterfowl season and discuss a handful of other related proposals including the removal of private blinds on three Northeast Arkansas public hunting areas.
The annual report on breeding ground surveys by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is highlighted by the good news of duck numbers up, especially mallards. But the bad news is that ponds in the breeding grounds up north have declined.
A bill co-sponsored by Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor would make federal duck stamps available online nationally, expanding and making permanent a pilot program currently operating in eight states.
Just in time for waterfowl season, Ducks Unlimited and its partners recently completed a wetlands restoration project on the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Cut-Off Creek Wildlife Management Area.
