LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) – The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is accepting applications from landowners until Feb. 6 to join the agency’s Conservation Incentive Program and be reimbursed for certain management practices that promote native wildlife habitat.
The initial Conservation Incentive Program, which launched in 2024, was hugely successful at promoting and developing wildlife habitat and invasive species management on private land. Thanks to $3.5 million in set aside funds from the 2023 Arkansas General Assembly, the agency was able to offer up to $10,000 to landowners who participated in one of nine practices that promoted water quality, fought feral hogs, established and maintained prescribed fire and managed bottomland hardwood forests to promote wetland conservation.
Thanks to a grant secured through the U.S. Forest Service earmarked for specific forestry applications, the AGFC has procured $650,000 to fund a second round of incentives to focus on three high-impact conservation practices. To further support large-scale restoration efforts, the commission has increased the maximum reimbursement cap to $20,000 per landowner…