A $9.45 million federal conservation award is expected to bring new opportunities to Arkansas farmers and private landowners, with plans to improve more than 70,000 acres of forests, grasslands, and wetlands across the state.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission received the funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program in October. The award will support the commission’s Arkansas Forests to Farms: Igniting a Private Lands Wildlife Legacy initiative over the next five years.
The project is expected to involve approximately 350 agricultural producers and landowners, helping them complete conservation improvements that benefit wildlife while supporting the management of working agricultural and forest lands…