ANHC staff members recently participated in the Arkansas Prescribed Fire Council’s “Prescribed Fire as a Management Tool” workshop at Camp Robinson in North Little Rock. Every year during the last ... Read More
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ANHC Staff Participate in Annual Fire Workshop
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Monday, October 30, 2017
Partner Spotlight: Ricky O'Neill
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Friday, March 31, 2017
The ANHC accomplishes big things with its small staff, thanks to help from its many partners. One of those key partners is Ricky O’Neill, a wildlife biologist and forestry manager with Potlatch Ti ... Read More
WAMN Collect and Disperse Seeds at Flanagan Prairie
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Wednesday, December 14, 2016
The Western Arkansas Master Naturalists (WAMN) recently collected native seed for habitat restoration at H.E. Flanagan Prairie Natural Area (/natural-areas/h-e-flanagan-prairie-natural-area). The ... Read More
ANHC Staff Teach at Burn School
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Friday, November 04, 2016
Fire is one of the major lacking ecological processes in the landscape today. When used as part of an integrated management plan, prescribed fire (/blog/prescribed-fire-a-helpful-management-tool) ... Read More
Neighbors at Middle Fork Barrens Pitch In to Remove Cedar
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Wednesday, August 31, 2016
ANHC has been working to remove Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) from Middle Fork Barrens Natural Area (NA) (/natural-areas/middle-fork-barrens-natural-area) in Saline County. Middle Fork ... Read More
RCW Populations Continue to Grow
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Thanks to efforts by the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission (ANHC), and its partners throughout the state, red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis, RCW) populations increased this year on thr ... Read More
Celebrate Nature's Essential Helpers During National Pollinator Week
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Wednesday, June 22, 2016
National Pollinator Week, established by the U.S. Senate in 2007, is an annual celebration of pollinators and their role in our ecosystem, economy, and world food supply. Governor Asa Hutchinson h ... Read More
Prairies, Glades, and Barrens: Rare Habitats for Rare Species
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Wednesday, June 01, 2016
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When European explorers and early settlers first came to what is now Arkansas they encountered not an unbroken forest but a diverse patchwork of dense forests, open woodlands, and treeless grassla ... Read More
Habitat Restoration Helps Many Species
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Wednesday, April 27, 2016
The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission (ANHC) uses a variety of techniques to restore lands (http://www.naturalheritage.com/Natural_Areas/natural-area-stewardship) to a different time – a time b ... Read More
Prescribed Fire: A Helpful Management Tool
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Wednesday, September 30, 2015
What is a Prescribed Burn? A prescribed burn is the safe use of fire under specific conditions to achieve land management objectives. Land managers write a “prescription” of criteria that must be ... Read More
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