The ANHC is honored to have an exhibit, Flora of Arkansas, in the Governor's Reception Area inside the Arkansas State Capitol. The exhibit consists of 10 Arkansas plant specimens, and will be on d ... Read More
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ANHC Herbarium Specimens Exhibited at State Capitol
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Friday, March 30, 2018
ANHC and AR AFS Partner for Two-Day Workshops
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Wednesday, August 30, 2017
The Arkansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) recently partnered with the ANHC to host two workshops at the Department of Arkansas Heritage (DAH) headquarters and a local field sit ... Read More
ANHC Volunteer Profile: Karen Seale
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Thursday, June 29, 2017
Volunteers help the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission (ANHC) maximize its resources. They can frequently be found participating in a clean-up on a natural area, or collecting images of rare spe ... Read More
Partners Use New Lab Facility
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Thursday, February 23, 2017
As an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage (DAH), the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission (ANHC) moved into offices at the newly constructed DAH headquarters in August 2016. In past ... Read More
New Herbarium Space Completed
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Thursday, January 26, 2017
The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission (ANHC) has been a recognized herbarium by Index Herbariorum (IH) (http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/), the official database of worldwide herbaria maint ... Read More
Volunteer Keesling Assists the ANHC With Rare Plant Species
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Wednesday, January 25, 2017
The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission (ANHC) has a small staff and a big mission, so we often rely on volunteers to increase our reach. One way that volunteers can help us is to gather images a ... Read More
Wild Parsnip: Invasive Plant That "Burns"
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Thursday, July 21, 2016
Theo Witsell, ANHC botanist and ecologist, was recently interviewed by THV 11 (http://www.thv11.com/mb/news/local/beware-of-wild-parsnip-plants-spreading-into-ark/261988873) and featured on an e ... Read More
ANHC Volunteer Profile: Craig Fraiser and John Moore
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Thursday, July 21, 2016
The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission (ANHC) has a small staff and a big mission, so we often rely on volunteers to increase our reach. One way that volunteers can help us is to gather images o ... Read More
North Little Rock Middle School Students Job Shadow at ANHC
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Eighth graders Peyton Greenwood (pictured left) and Mary Hill (pictured right) spent several hours shadowing ANHC staff in March as part of the North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce (http://nlrcha ... Read More
Something Old, Something New: Two More Plants for Arkansas
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Wednesday, April 27, 2016
April saw two new plants documented from Arkansas, one fresh from the field and the other from pressed specimens collected more than 127 years ago. The first was common fumitory (Fumaria officinal ... Read More
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