Natural News

The Natural Areas Association (NAA), the national professional membership organization for natural areas professionals, held a two-day Regional Workshop in central Arkansas May 7 and 8. Led by ANH ... Read More

The ANHC relies on volunteers across the state to assist with research and the care of our natural areas. Depending on their skills and interests, volunteers can assist with a wide variety of task ... Read More

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Arkansas Field Office partnered with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC), and the ANHC to sponsor the Tenth Annual Arkansas Endangered Species D ... Read More

Over 200 years have passed since Arkansas became a territory of the United States. As we celebrate this bicentennial year, you may wonder what Arkansas looked like in 1810. What did the early sett ... Read More

Huttig Pine Flatwoods Natural Area, a 1,376-acre tract in Union County, has been named as the 75th natural area in the statewide System of Natural Areas. Huttig Pine Flatwoods NA provides direct p ... Read More

Angela Corlett, ANHC Herbarium volunteer and member of the Central Arkansas Master Naturalists, was recently recognized by Notes from Nature for completing their one-millionth transcription. Notes ... Read More

This past weekend, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission assisted with the statewide 4-H contest in Hazen, hosting approximately 100 students, families, and 4-H leaders for hands-on learning at ... Read More

In celebration of Earth Day, the Little Rock Zoo recently held a “Party for the Planet” celebration for Arkansas’s elementary students. The ANHC was invited to host a booth at the event,  ... Read More

by Bryan Rupar, ANHC A karst system is a type of landscape in which the bedrock (typically limestone, a sedimentary rock made of calcium carbonate) has been chemically weathered by groundwater ... Read More

by Bryan Rupar, ANHC To meet its goals and responsibilities, the ANHC acquires land through purchases and donations that contains habitat for rare, threatened, or endangered species for inclus ... Read More