3+ week, 5+ day ago   (70+ words) Birds, bees and blossoms: Prairie much alive in summer sunshine Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Birds, bees and blossoms: Prairie much alive in summer sunshine Benton County restaurant inspections: Various types of insects in the kitchen; dusty, greasy box fan used to…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (425+ words) Conservation Incentive Program aids private land habitat Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Conservation Incentive Program aids private land habitat The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's Conservation Incentive Program continues to pay big dividends for wildlife habitat in Arkansas. During July's regularly scheduled…...

1+ mon, 30+ min ago   (507+ words) One North Dakota farmer is driving the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to modify long-standing rules governing wetland conservation easements. Cody Peterson of LaMoure County, N.D., grows corn, soybeans, wheat and edible beans on property that his family has farmed for three…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (565+ words) On Thursday, the public comment period ends for a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule change that will have devastating consequences for wild ducks. For 60 years, the USFWS has respected a "No Impact" policy for wetlands enrolled in conservation easements in…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (34+ words) NWA EDITORIAL | Preserve adds 120 acres of protection near the Buffalo River Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette NWA EDITORIAL | Preserve adds 120 acres of protection near the Buffalo River Organizations press for conservation...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (682+ words) Since 2023, wild turkeys and turkey hunters have enjoyed the rewards of a remarkable partnership between the National Wild Turkey Federation and the U.S. Forest Service. Significant projects within this partnership are ongoing in the Mid-South Rebirth region of the NWTF's America's…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (509+ words) Sweden is the latest nation to clamp onto the animal reality TV craze that has captured much of the world's imagination. A mating pair of bald eagles in northern California started it all. Their names are Shadow and Jackie. They…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (93+ words) WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday it is redefining the scope of the nation's bedrock clean water law to significantly limit the wetlands it covers, building on a Supreme Court decision two years ago that removed federal protections for…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (392+ words) EUREKA SPRINGS — Six African lions have traveled from Canada to their new home in Arkansas, according to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge. The lions are survivors of inbreeding, neglect and the closure of a failing roadside zoo, a news release from…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (255+ words) SPRINGDALE -- The Northwest Arkansas Land Trust announced 62 acres on Beaver Lake is now under a conservation easement. Landowner Jacklyn Perry Ryan donated the conservation easement in the Sonora community east of Springdale to the trust, according to a land trust…...