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APRIL 2015

ANHC Presents Heritage Awards at State Science Fair

Ozark Natural Science Center Completes Inaugural BioBlitz

Amazing Mysteries of Migration

Students Learn About Endangered Species Through Art Contest

New Face at ANHC

ANHC Presents Heritage Awards at State Science Fair

For the eighth straight year, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission (ANHC) sponsored heritage awards at the Arkansas State Science and Engineering Fair. More than 250 students, winners in regional fairs around the state, exhibited their projects for judging April 3 at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. Follow this link to find out more about this year’s heritage awards.

Amazing Mysteries of Migration

For many people spring begins when birds return, filling neighborhoods and parks with their songs. The annual migration of birds is one of the world's great wildlife spectacles, but migration is not just for the birds! As it turns out, many kinds of animals migrate. Follow this link to learn more about what types of animals migrate and how they find their way.

New Face at ANHC

ANHC has a new chief of Stewardship, Brian Mitchell. Mitchell has more than 15 years of conservation experience. Most recently, he served as the Natural Resources Manager for Camp Robinson in North Little Rock.

Mitchell replaces Doug Fletcher, who retired in January.

Ozark Natural Science Center Completes Inaugural BioBlitz

The Ozark Natural Science Center (ONSC), located on the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission’s (ANHC) Bear Hollow Natural Area, hosted its first BioBlitz on Saturday, April 18. A bioblitz is an event where the biodiversity of an area is documented in a specific time period. Read more about the ONSC BioBlitz.

Students Learn About Endangered Species Through Art Contest

The Endangered Species Day Art Contest, sponsored by the Arkansas Ecological Services Field Office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is an annual art contest that provides students in grades K-12 an opportunity to learn about Arkansas’s threatened, endangered, and candidate species. Discover the winners and read more about the contest here.

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