Programs and Services

Financial Assistance & Funding ProgramsGovernment Technical Assistance ProgramsOther Technical Assistance ProvidersEducation ProgramsPrivate Vendors

Financial Assistance & Funding Programs

The following pages include hundreds of possible funding, technical assistance and educational resources for landowners and organizations. Resources are organized into sections. Click the links provided to go directly to the pages of interest to you.

• Landowner Assistance: Cost Share, Rental Payments, Easements, Tax Credits and Other Assistance
  • Farm Bill Programs
  • NRCS Conservation Practices
    
  • Other Landowner Programs
    

• Competitive Grants: Nonprofit, Local Units of Government, and Others
  • Government, Corporate, Foundations, etc

Many funding sources change their programs frequently. Given this, the information provided on this website may not be the most current information available. Always check with the funder for the most current guidelines and deadlines.

Government Technical Assistance Programs

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission private lands biologists and stream team coordinators as well as NRCS district conservationists and Arkansas Forestry Commission county foresters provide free technical assistance to landowners to:

• evaluate your land and goals
• prioritize habitat needs
• develop a plan

help you maximize cost share, combining programs where possible, so you can implement appropriate practices

Go To Who Can Help for contact information for state offices of state and federal agencies as well as Extension, nonprofit organizations and universities.

To find contact information for local providers of technical and financial assistance, click on your county below.

Other Technical Assistance

The University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service has agents in every county and specialists in many locations across the state. County agents have broad knowledge of all resources in the community and can provide educational workshops or one-on-one assistance. They have the support of extension specialists and researchers throughout the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture.

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) certifies third-party technical assistance providers.

Arkansas Forestry Commission has individuals who provide urban forestry assistance.

Nonprofit Organizations That Provide Technical Assistance

A number of nonprofit organizations also provide technical assistance consistent with their missions and priorities, including:

Wetland Conservation, Ducks Unlimited
Important Bird Areas, Audubon Arkansas
Places We Protect, The Nature Conservancy, Arkansas
Wild Turkey Woodlands Landowner Program, National Wild Turkey Federation

Education Programs

Landowner Education Programs

Cooperative Extension Service
Arkansas Game & Fish Commission
Arkansas Forestry Commission
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
Ducks Unlimited
Wild Turkey Federation
Trout Unlimited
Quail Unlimited
Arkansas Bass Association, P.O. Box 1863, Little Rock, AR 72203
Audubon Arkansas
The Nature Conservancy
Water Conservation Resource Center

Youth Education Programs

Conservation Programs, Curriculum and Curriculum for Youth

Vendor Lists

Wildlife Biologists: The Arkansas Forestry Commission searchable database includes a list of consulting wildlife biologists. To find wildlife biologists, use the criteria in the diagram below.

Consulting Foresters: The Arkansas Forestry Commission maintains a searchable database of consulting foresters forest stewardship, planning, wildlife management, etc.

Forestry Vendors: The Arkansas Forestry Commission maintains a searchable database of vendors providing all kinds of equipment and services to forest landowners, including prescribed burning, wildlife food plots, tree planting and thinning, etc.

AFC Tree Seedlings: The Arkansas Forestry Commission sells tree seedlings for reforestation

Certified Third-Party Technical Assistance Providers. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) certifies technical assistance providers.

Native Warm Season Grasses: Private Lands Biologists maintain an informal list of seed vendors for native warm season grasses.

Native Plants Vendors: National listing by state of vendors selling variety of native plants.

Sport Fish Suppliers: University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff maintains a list of sport fish suppliers.

AGFC Nuisance Wildlife Registry: Specially licensed trappers and hunters willing to remove nuisance fur bearers.

Nuisance Wildlife Removal Vendors: The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission maintains a pdf list of vendors by county.

Nuisance Bat Handlers: The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission maintains a pdf list of nuisance bat handlers.

If you find more current information than we have posted or a good fact sheet or new funding sources, please shoot us an email at arkansashabitat@gmail.com and share it with us so we can keep this site as current as possible.