Arkansas landowners will have new opportunities to improve wildlife habitat thanks to nearly $10 million in federal conservation funding awarded to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service awarded approximately $9.45 million for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Forests to Farms: Igniting a Private Lands Wildlife Legacy project through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program. The Arkansas wildlife habitat grant will support restoration projects on privately owned land throughout Arkansas over the next 5 years.
More Than 70,000 Acres Targeted for Wildlife Habitat Improvements
According to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, the program is expected to reach hundreds of private landowners and improve up to 70,000 acres of forests, grasslands and wetlands…