The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will hold a special public meeting March 30 to introduce proposed changes to the management practices on many popular wildlife management areas for waterfowl habitat.
The meetings are part of the AGFC’s ongoing effort to keep the public informed about habitat degradation in many wetland areas, particularly the artificially flooded bottomland hardwood forests that produce the finest duck hunting experience in the United States.
Many hunters have become accustomed to constant high water being available near the opening day of waterfowl season, but according to a growing body of information based on scientific research in Arkansas and other states with greentree reservoirs, the practice has damaged many of the trees that produce the acorns ducks need.
The meeting will be in Russellville at the Doc Bryan Lecture Hall at Arkansas Tech, 1605 N. Coliseum Dr., from 6-8 p.m.
