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The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission recently acquired an additional 81.8 acres at H.E. Flanagan Prairie Natural Area (http://www.naturalheritage.com/natural-areas/h-e-flanagan-prairie-natural ... Read More

As only one of 20 sites out of 200 nominees across the U.S., the Cossatot River State Park-Natural Area (/natural-areas/cossatot-river-state-park-natural-area) has been selected as a Leave No Trac ... Read More

The Arkansas Forest Resources Center (AFRC) launched a survey earlier this month to measure the scope of damage caused by feral hogs in Arkansas and landowner’s perceptions and experiences with t ... Read More

The Arkansas Monarch and Pollinator Conservation Plan, a critical Arkansas strategy for conserving monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus), pollinators, and their habitats, has been finalized and i ... Read More

Patrick Solomon, formerly one of the ANHC’s land management specialists, has been promoted into the newly created ANHC habitat coordinator position. As habitat coordinator, Solomon will use proje ... Read More

More than a decade ago, the ANHC intensified its efforts to recover populations of the federally endangered red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis, RCW) in Arkansas. Those efforts produced gre ... Read More

ANHC’s Aquatic Ecologist, Dustin Lynch, is no stranger to being published in scientific journals. It often comes with the territory of working as a scientist and conducting research. However, not  ... Read More

Tom Foti, recently retired from the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, has been named the Harold Alexander Conservationist of the Year by the Arkansas Wildlife Federation (AWF) (https://www.arw ... Read More

The ANHC’s Adopt a Natural Area Program (ANAP) (/Get-Involved/volunteer) members have recently held several work days on natural areas. The ANAP pairs adopting groups with local natural areas as s ... Read More

Governor Asa Hutchinson and Department of Arkansas Heritage (DAH) Director Stacy Hurst dedicated Rattlesnake Ridge Natural Area (/natural-areas/rattlesnake-ridge-natural-area)(NA) earlier this sp ... Read More