Media Chapter News State Issues Arkansas, Stop SB290: Defend Our Watersheds, Recreation, and Rights 4/6/2025 TAKE ACTION NOW! Amid controversy and under threat of damming, Arkansas’ iconic Buffalo National River was designated as the country’s first National River in 1972. Despite that monumental step... Tags: Arkansas Chapter Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Trails at Mena - Project on Ouachita National Forest 7/31/2024 In mid-July I traveled to Mena for my first look at Rich Mountain, Arkansas’ second highest peak. I wanted to see for myself where the Trails at Mena project would go and imagine what the... Tags: Arkansas Chapter Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Large-scale mountain bike project on Ouachita National Forest 7/18/2024 The Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism is requesting a Special Use Permit for an area of National Forest Service lands for trail development and recreation-related infrastructure.... Tags: Arkansas Chapter Download
Media State Issues Black River WMA: Digging Into Public Waterfowl Hunting in Arkansas 7/18/2022 Earlier this spring a concerned member contacted our board with a question about Dave Donaldson Black River Wildlife Management Area in Northeast Arkansas. With all the news and publicity... Tags: public lands, Arkansas Chapter Download
Media State Issues New Pine Tree agreement benefits public and wildlife 3/18/2022 We didn’t really need a reason to celebrate on St. Patrick’s Day, but public land hunters in Arkansas can raise a toast to a long-term management agreement for the Pine Tree Research Station... Tags: the campfire, Arkansas Chapter, keepitpublic Download
Media State Issues Arkansas' Pine Tree Research Station Will Stay Open to Public Hunting 2/7/2022 A major victory for public lands hunting access was notched last week in the Arkansas Capitol as the attempted sale of the Pine Tree Research Station was closed down. "To put it succinctly,... Tags: the campfire, access, Arkansas Chapter, keepitpublic Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Why Fight For Pine Tree — The History 9/16/2020 The battle to defend public access to the entire Pine Tree Research Station near Colt, Arkansas may seem at first glance to be a matter of merely local interest. Of the 11,850 acres on the... Tags: Arkansas Chapter Download
Media State Issues Pine Tree Research Station Sale — Attacking Arkansas Hunters & Our Hunting Culture 8/6/2020 The waters flow through Arkansas as blood flows through our veins, and as such we are intrinsically tied to the water. They feed our crops, cut through the mountain valleys, and breathe life into... Tags: Arkansas Chapter Download
Media State Issues Why Keep the University of Arkansas Pine Tree Experimental Station WDA PUBLIC 7/29/2020 Our fight to keep the University of Arkansas Pine Tree Experimental Station WDA publicly accessible can be almost perfectly captured in the words of an 11 year old boy, who has known this place... Tags: Arkansas Chapter Download