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The Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge is a 15,022 acres (60.79 km 2) (2014) wildlife refuge located in White County, Arkansas about two miles south of the town of Bald Knob. The refuge is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuge features large numbers of migratory waterfowl and bald eagles during the winter months. [2]
The preservation of habitat for waterfowl in an intensely agricultural region is the primary purpose of the refuge. 6,400 acres (20 km 2) of Big Lake was named a National Natural Landmark. 2,144 acres (8 km 2) are designated as wilderness. [2] Map of Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas. The refuge features old-growth bald cypress forests.
Wildlife Management Areas in Arkansas Name County or counties Area (acres) Year Established Remarks Image Bayou Des Arc WMA White: 953: 1966: Created with a 320-acre public fishing lake. [2] Bayou Meto WMA Arkansas, Jefferson: 33,832: Called the "George H. Dunklin Jr. Bayou Meto WMA" and also called "Wabbaseka Scatters" or just the "Scatters". [3]
Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is a 27,300 acre (110 km 2) national wildlife refuge located in Sevier County, Arkansas. Pond Creek NWR is one of three refuges forming an administrative complex, which also includes Felsenthal NWR and Overflow NWR to the east.
The northern mockingbird is the state bird of Arkansas. This list of birds of Arkansas includes species documented in the U.S. state of Arkansas and accepted by the Arkansas Audubon Society (AAS). As of January 2022, there were 424 species included in the official list. [1]
Arkansas has more than 2.6 million active driver’s licenses, 342 of which list the person's sex as “X.” The state has about 503,000 IDs, 174 of which have the designation.
A predominantly Republican panel on Thursday endorsed an Arkansas agency's elimination of “X” as an option alongside male and female on state-issued driver's licenses and identification cards ...
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) is a state agency of Arkansas, headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. [1] Steve N. Wilson of Norfork, Arkansas joined the agency in 1968 and became its director in 1979. He resigned in 2000 and died in 2021. [2] In 2016, Jeff Crow took director position of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. [3]