Following our move to the new Department of Arkansas Heritage (DAH) headquarters in 2016, the ANHC was given a raised bed between the building and the employee parking lot for a research garden. T ... Read More
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Garden Augments Botanical Research
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Friday, September 28, 2018
Tom Foti Paved the Way for Today's Partnerships
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Thursday, May 31, 2018
Tom Foti accomplished much throughout his career due to his tenacity, drive, and persistence. Through his fortitude, Tom also forged relationships and friendships with a wide variety of non-tradit ... Read More
The Prairie That Tom Moved
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Thursday, May 31, 2018
Tom Foti is a legend in the Arkansas conservation community and many stories of his creative solutions, drive and perseverance, and non-traditional partnerships will live on as part of his legacy ... Read More
Arkansas Stream Heritage Partnership Kicks Off With Two-Day Workshop
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Removing obsolete dams and other non-functional instream barriers is one of the fastest, most effective ways of restoring a river (restoring the free-flowing heritage), also referred to as rive ... Read More
ANHC Staff Participate in Annual Fire Workshop
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Monday, October 30, 2017
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
Adopting Group Holds Volunteer Day at Sweden Creek Falls
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Thursday, May 25, 2017
As part of their adoption of Sweden Creek Falls Natural Area (NA) (/natural-areas/sweden-creek-falls-natural-area), through the ANHC’s Adopt a Natural Area Program (ANAP) (/Get-Involved/volunteer) ... Read More
New Trail Dedicated at Warren Prairie Natural Area
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Wednesday, December 14, 2016
The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission (ANHC) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/arkansas/) dedicated a new nature trail at ... Read More
Collection Days Benefit Native Seed Program
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Wednesday, December 14, 2016
The Arkansas Native Seed Program (/blog/native-seed-program-takes-root) is off to a successful start. During five events in October and November, ANHC and Audubon Arkansas (http://ar.audubon.org/) ... Read More
Native Seed Program Takes Root
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Friday, November 04, 2016
Throughout the last month, you may have heard about, or participated in, our Prairie Seed Collection Days. In cooperation with Audubon Arkansas and with the assistance of volunteers, we have colle ... 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
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