Now in its 120th year, the Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC), a program of the National Audubon Society, is a citizen science program and the nation’s longest running bird survey. An early ... Read More
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Annual Christmas Bird Count in Full Swing
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Friday, December 20, 2019
Volunteers Help Out at Three Natural Areas
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Friday, December 20, 2019
Three natural areas recently benefited from volunteer efforts: Cave Springs Cave, Dardanelle Rock, and Foushee Cave natural areas. ANHC staff, Illinois River Watershed Partnership (IRWP) staff ... Read More
Survey Finds More Arkansas Darters
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Friday, December 20, 2019
ANHC’s Aquatic Ecologist, Dustin Lynch, as well as partners from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC), recently led a survey for the state critically imperiled Arkansas Darter (Etheostoma ... Read More
Upcoming Transcription Training Workshop
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Friday, December 20, 2019
What is natural history transcription? How does it help the natural sciences and specifically the ANHC? If you’ve been asking these questions or similar ones, then the Notes from Nature Training W ... Read More
ANHC Dedicates Hall's Creek Canyon Natural Area
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Thursday, November 21, 2019
The ANHC dedicated Hall’s Creek Canyon Natural Area (NA) in Randolph County during a ceremony at the natural area on November 5. Thanks to a generous donation by Louis and Sandra Decker, the 33-ac ... Read More
Eight RCWs Translocated to Warren Prairie NA
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Thursday, November 21, 2019
ANHC staff released eight red-cockaded woodpeckers (Dryobates borealis, RCW) at Warren Prairie Natural Area (WPNA) in Bradley and Drew counties this October, augmenting successful efforts to reest ... Read More
Witsell Gives Lecture to Clinton School for Public Service, Retraces Nuttall's Journey Through Arkansas
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Thursday, November 21, 2019
ANHC’s Chief of Research recently gave a public lecture entitled “Following Nuttall: A Bicentenary Interpretation of Thomas Nuttall’s Exploration of the Arkansas Territory” at the Clinton School f ... Read More
Two New Faces at the ANHC
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Thursday, November 21, 2019
The ANHC has added two new staff members: Administrative Assistant, Ingrid Green and Botanist, Diana Soteropoulos. Ingrid has been hired as the ANHC’s new part-time administrative assistant. She r ... Read More
Arkansas Contributes to Record-breaking International Event
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Thursday, November 21, 2019
An international transcription blitz set records in Arkansas this October, including an event held at the Division of Arkansas Heritage (DAH) headquarters, hosted by the Arkansas Natural Heritage ... Read More
Seeds and Suds! Events Help Habitat Restoration
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Thursday, November 21, 2019
During the month of October, ANHC partnered with several local conservation groups and businesses to hold a series of Seeds and Suds! events in Northwest Arkansas in support of the Arkansas Native ... Read More
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- Annual Christmas Bird Count in Full Swing
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- Survey Finds More Arkansas Darters
- Upcoming Transcription Training Workshop
- ANHC Dedicates Hall's Creek Canyon Natural Area
- Eight RCWs Translocated to Warren Prairie NA
- Witsell Gives Lecture to Clinton School for Public Service, Retraces Nuttall's Journey Through Arkansas
- Two New Faces at the ANHC
- Arkansas Contributes to Record-breaking International Event
- Seeds and Suds! Events Help Habitat Restoration
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