The ANHC relies on volunteers across the state to assist with research and the care of our natural areas. Depending on their skills and interests, volunteers can assist with a wide variety of task ... Read More
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Volunteers Lend Their Talents to the ANHC
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Corlett Recognized for Transcription
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Angela Corlett, ANHC Herbarium volunteer and member of the Central Arkansas Master Naturalists, was recently recognized by Notes from Nature for completing their one-millionth transcription. Notes ... Read More
ANHC Herbarium digitization underway
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Friday, December 21, 2018
by Theo Witsell The ANHC Herbarium was a busy place this summer and fall as a team of from the Central Arkansas Master Naturalists and several interns worked with Collections Manager Brent Baker ... Read More
Garden Augments Botanical Research
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Friday, September 28, 2018
Following our move to the new Department of Arkansas Heritage (DAH) headquarters in 2016, the ANHC was given a raised bed between the building and the employee parking lot for a research garden. T ... Read More
ANHC Herbarium Specimens Exhibited at State Capitol
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Friday, March 30, 2018
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
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
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