January 19, 2012

The following report is a compilation of state reports and waterfowl surveys from across Arkansas. This report provides a look at habitat conditions across the state. Roller coaster weather persists as season wanes LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas received a blast of very cold air last week, but temperatures were back into the 60s and even […]

MADISON COUNTY WMA – A pipe bomb was found on the McIlroy Madison County Wildlife Management Area on Saturday, Jan. 14. The device was located on Madison County Road 1254 in northwest Arkansas. A caller to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office notified authorities of the device. A wildlife officer from the Arkansas Game and Fish

LITTLE ROCK – When winter is in full swing in late January and in February, numbers of Arkansans and their visitors who enjoy the outdoors go looking for eagles. A few decades back, seeing an eagle was rare in the state. Now you stand a good chance of seeing one or more in nearly every

LITTLE ROCK – Hunters and wildlife watchers are urged to help count and identify Arkansas’s wintering swan populations. Karen Rowe, nongame migratory bird program leader with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, said “Numbers of both trumpeter and tundra swans wintering in Arkansas appear to be on the increase. Some of these swans are wearing

LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Prescribed Fire Council will be conducting a prescribed burning workshop for woodland owners beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11. The workshop will be held at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Livestock and Poultry Experiment Station near Batesville. At the workshop, landowners will be taught about the

Weekly migratory bird hunting reports are posted from early September through early February. High Plains Mallard Management Unit: Outfitters reported great goose hunting this week with light pressure late in the season. Canada geese have readily decoyed over scouted fields. Limited watering sources have allowed hunters to pattern movement. Duck numbers are fair, but few

This report has been put together for you by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. NORTHWEST Canton – Zone 1: Water level is 11.6 feet below normal. Habitat conditions are fair, but none are flooded. Duck numbers are fair, with a decrease in mallard numbers since December. Goose numbers are fair, with mostly Canada’s present.

Persons born after Dec. 31, 1985, who operate a motorboat or personal watercraft in Nebraska must have successfully completed the Nebraska boating safety course. They also must be in possession of a course certificate when operating the boat. Boating season may be months away, but now is the time to makes plans for taking a

By request of Region 4, the hunting of male mountain lions in central Montana Hunting District Series 422, 423, 424, 425 and 442, which includes portions of Lewis & Clark and Teton counties, will re-open to the hunting of 2 male mountain lions immediately. For more information, visit FWP’s website at fwp.mt.gov, click on “Hunting,”