Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the launch of an extensive public service radio campaign urging Americans to connect with nature and visit a National Wildlife Refuge. “Americans can take pride in the tremendous beauty and diversity of refuge lands dedicated to the protection of wildlife habitat,” Salazar said. “By visiting these places [...]
LITTLE ROCK – More young trumpeter swans have been brought into Arkansas and released into the wild. The Iowa to Arkansas relocation project, a three-year experimental effort, needs reports of sightings of swans to help track their movements. Reports of any swans seen in Arkansas – trumpeters, tundras or mutes – should be sent to [...]
Besides being against Arkansas law, a wild animal’s natural diet provides all the nutritional requirements it needs to survive. Most “people treats” cannot be properly digested by wild animals whose digestive systems have developed over thousands of years. Feeding wildlife causes them to congregate and increases the risk of spreading disease, fighting among themselves and [...]
The Black-tailed jackrabbit was once found throughout the northwest part of Arkansas, primarily in Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington, Franklin, Sebastian, and Logan Counties. However, probably due to a change in farming practices, the jackrabbit is now rare in Arkansas and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission asks citizens to report any recent or historic jackrabbit [...]