1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (377+ words) The program hit the ground running, with 585 landowner applications funded and more than 16,000 acres of habitat improved, but that was just a taste of what could be possible with the right funding and time. According to Michelle Furr, program coordinator…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (306+ words) Two Arkansas cities were awarded a combined $2.5 million in grants for pollution cleanup activities by the Environmental Protection Agency, the regulator announced Wednesday. Russellville and Crossett will receive $1.5 million and $1 million, respectively, to conduct more than 70 environmental site assessments of…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (398+ words) The Arkansas Department of Agriculture said Wednesday that warm-blooded animals from states with confirmed New World screwworm detections — including household pets — cannot enter the Natural State without a recent veterinary inspection. Animals entering Arkansas from an infested zone “will be…...