Arkansas Game and Fish Commission program opens private waters to anglers

Anglers looking for a new honey hole may be able to get some fishing time at a few new private waters this year, thanks to three landowners who joined the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's Public Access to Private Waters initiative.

Public access to water is abundant in Arkansas, but there's always room to add a few more places to wet a line. Game and Fish developed a practice in its new Conservation Incentive Program to do just that.

Six of the nine practices in the Game and Fish Conservation Incentive Program focus on land management efforts landowners can use to improve the quality of wildlife habitat on their property, but three had fisheries-based components. The Public Access to Private Waters practice is the only incentive targeted at expanding access for fishing.

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