January 5, 2012

LITTLE ROCK – In just over three years, the Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center is approaching the quarter million visitor mark. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Little Rock nature center opened on Dec. 17, 2008. It was the fourth and final nature center made possible by the 1/8th-Cent Conservation Sales Tax. The […]

MAYFLOWER – Just when a multi-partnered Craig D. Campbell Lake Conway Reservoir improvement campaign began rolling effectively, nature interfered. A devastating tornado last spring threw hundreds of large and small trees and an immense amount of brush into Palarm Creek between the Craig D. Campbell Lake Conway Reservoir dam and the Arkansas River. The creek

LITTLE ROCK – Public input is a crucial component of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s process for setting hunting and fishing regulations. The meetings are part of the AGFC’s annual hunting-regulations process, giving hunters the opportunity to make comments and proposals for the 2012-13 hunting seasons. The meetings will be held 7 p.m.-9 p.m.,

LITTLE ROCK – Every hunting season questions come forth like “Can I kill a feral hog in my zone”? Or, “What is the limit on feral hogs”? A quick answer to these and other hog questions is that feral hogs are not game animals and are not regulated by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.

DENVER – Colorado Parks and Wildlife is accepting applications from individuals, organizations and local governments to distribute up to $1.7 million for outdoor recreation activities in Colorado. Matching grants are available in this cycle for projects in Colorado that benefit fishing, shooting ranges or motorized boating. The grant programs are partially funded by federal excise

This weekly fishing report is provided by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. NORTHEAST   Ft. Gibson: January 1. Elevation 1 ft. above normal, water 45 and clear. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 10-20 ft. under the docks. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits and Biffle Bugs at 10-15 ft. around under water structure.

Waterfowl season currently open in Zones 1 and 2. For zone maps and complete waterfowl hunting regulations log on to wildlifedepartment.com. The next waterfowl report is scheduled for January 18. NORTHWEST Ft. Supply – Zone 1: Water level is 2.31 feet below normal. Habitat conditions are poor, with local winter wheat also in poor condition.