Protect Arkansas Wildlife - PAW

Protect Arkansas Wildlife - PAW Protect Arkansas Wildlife (PAW) defends native wildlife and biodiversity in Arkansas. Contact us for more info: ozarknature (at) gmail.com.

Protecting Arkansas' native wildlife and biodiversity.

An adult male (bull) elk wading the Buffalo River...
11/23/2011

An adult male (bull) elk wading the Buffalo River...

11/21/2011

Elk in Arkansas were introduced into the Buffalo National River thirty years ago by the "Game" & Fish Commission, and it's clear what their goal was: to increase profits for the tourism and hunting industries, and increase revenues for the AG&FC! They should re-introduce cougars into the Buffalo River valley, and let Nature "manage" the elk population!

11/21/2011

Friends of all species: it's hunting season in Arkansas... so be careful out there in the woods, and don't get shot (or shot at)...

The cougar (a.k.a. mountain lion or panther) was considered extirpated from Arkansas for decades, but recently these noc...
10/31/2011

The cougar (a.k.a. mountain lion or panther) was considered extirpated from Arkansas for decades, but recently these nocturnal animals have been sighted in many locations around the state. The Arkansas "Game" & Fish Commission so far refuses to acknowledge the presence of wild cougars, insisting that the animals found here are escaped from captivity.

Bobcats are found throughout Arkansas but are largely nocturnal, so are rarely seen. Commercial trappers kill bobcats f...
10/31/2011

Bobcats are found throughout Arkansas but are largely nocturnal, so are rarely seen. Commercial trappers kill bobcats for their skins.

This is the 1893 Arkansas "State Banner," with the former official motto, "The Bear State."
10/31/2011

This is the 1893 Arkansas "State Banner," with the former official motto, "The Bear State."

10/31/2011

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, a drilling technique used in natural gas exploration, is causing damage to groundwater, surface water and air quality across the north-central Arkansas gasfield known as the Fayetteville Shale.

The endangered spectaclecase mussel is one of many threatened and endangered mollusks in Arkansas. Mussels are very sen...
10/31/2011

The endangered spectaclecase mussel is one of many threatened and endangered mollusks in Arkansas. Mussels are very sensitive to water pollution in the state's once-pristine rivers.

The endangered Ozark Hellbender is one of the world's largest amphibians. Some have been found to grow to two feet in l...
10/31/2011

The endangered Ozark Hellbender is one of the world's largest amphibians. Some have been found to grow to two feet in length!

The endangered Ozark big-eared bat, one of the most endangered mammal species in the U.S.
10/30/2011

The endangered Ozark big-eared bat, one of the most endangered mammal species in the U.S.

The Ivory-billed woodpecker, a.k.a. "The Lord God Bird," likely extinct but possibly still living in the wetland hardwoo...
10/30/2011

The Ivory-billed woodpecker, a.k.a. "The Lord God Bird," likely extinct but possibly still living in the wetland hardwood forests of central-east Arkansas

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