Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

The emergency order cuts back the daily trout possession limit in areas surrounding the state’s four most significant cold-water fisheries. Trey Reid, the assistant chief of communications at the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, talks about the causes behind the shortfalls in the production of trout and what anglers can expect in the coming months.

Arkansas wildlife officials discuss a fatal black bear attack near Mulberry Mountain, highlighting the state’s growing bear population and hunters’ role in population control.

A graduate of the University of Arkansas is the newest member of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders is appointing Jamie Anderson to a seven-year term.

Northwest Arkansas Community College is launching a new nursing program for practical nurses, a class of nurses that local facilities urgently need. Additionally, Al “Papa Rap” Lopez continues to play music. Plus, a community icon joins us.

State officials are rolling out a new outdoor education initiative. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced yesterday the creation of the Arkansas Outdoor Education Pilot Program.

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is almost done with a multi-year research project looking at the spread of chronic wasting disease among the state's deer population.

The weather outside might be frightful, but the live music is still delightful. On today's show, we learn more about a new listening session series at Underbrush Books in Rogers. Live music is also coming to us courtesy of the Ozark Mountain Music Festival. We also get an update on research on an illness that’s been spreading across the deer population across Arkansas.

Deer hunting season is in full swing in Arkansas, and that should mean something to anyone spending time outside this fall and winter. Trey Reid is a spokesperson for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and spoke with Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis ahead of modern gun season, which began Saturday, Nov. 9. Reid says that everyone, hunters or otherwise, should focus on safety while recreating outdoors.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it would award more than $48 million in grants to 19 states and Guam as part of the Cooperative Endangered Species Fund to support land acquisition and conservation planning. $2.2 million of that went to Arkansas.

As development progresses throughout Fort Smith, the Janet Huckabee River Valley Nature Center seems to have been left behind. The Game and Fish Commission-run center has been untouched since its grand opening. Now, state officials and community leaders are raising funds for a renovation. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis visited the Nature Center to learn more about the space and how an update will better serve the community.