USDA AG Stats

The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission works to preserve, protect and conserve wildlife, birds and fishes for future generations. It offers habitat management, fish stocking, hunting and fishing regulation enforcement services. The department develops the Conservation for Arkansas Network, which is a database to contact hunters, anglers and conservationists. The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission maintains an education division that administers a variety of programs, such as Becoming an Outdoors Woman, Project Wild, Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs, and Hunter and Boater Education. It has developed rules and regulations governing private ownership and the use of wild animals in Arkansas. The department also issues hunting and fishing licenses and permits.

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, also known as ADEQ, is an agency of the state of Arkansas. It administers regulatory programs that determine compliance, set pollution limits and enforce environmental laws and regulations. The department operates regulatory divisions that include air, water, solid waste, hazardous waste, regulated storage tanks and mining. It offers tools and resources to protect natural resources. The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality also operates through environmental preservation and technical services, public outreach and assistance, emergency response, legal, computer services, fiscal and management services divisions. It offers loans and tax credits for environmental improvement projects. The department administers Regulatory programs that have tracked more than 31,000 facilities.