World Fish Migration Day, a global event held every two years on May 23, is often associated with coastal communities that depend on annual movements of commercially and recreationally attractive fish species, such as salmon in the Northwest and tarpon along the Gulf Coast. Landlocked Arkansas has just as much cause to celebrate because free movement of fish is the key to the rich species diversity shared by many of The Natural State’s free-flowing ephemeral streams.
Two of the largest threats to that free movement are siltation from eroded streambanks and barriers like dams, poorly designed bridges and low-water crossings.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Stream Habitat Program works tirelessly to combat both of these issues, restoring stream banks to reduce erosion and removing those man-made barriers that block fish passage throughout The Natural State…