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
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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
Theo Witsell Featured in AP Story About Botany
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Friday, June 19, 2015
ANHC’s botanist Theo Witsell was recently featured in an article published by the Associated Press (AP) in over 100 media outlets across the U.S. and internationally. The article focused on the i ... Read More
Book Documents Nearly 3,000 Arkansas Plants
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Wednesday, June 18, 2014
The Arkansas Vascular Flora Committee (AVFC) recently announced the release of a new book: the “Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas”. This is the most comprehensive accounting of the wild pla ... Read More
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