The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission heard the results of an extensive public comment survey concerning recently circulated regulations change proposals during its meeting held March 18-19.
During Wednesday’s committee meetings, AGFC Social Science Lead Jessica Feltz gave a report on the public comment survey concerning regulations changes proposed at the commission’s February meeting.
“Of more than 24,000 responses collected, we kept 20,134 for analysis,” Feltz said. “After careful review, the Social Science Team validated each response. Staff removed responses that were duplicate entries from the same individual or potentially fraudulent responses, such as from a bot. Rest assured that a small team of staff went through the responses and comments to determine their validity and intent.”…