Arkansas wildlife refuge important for duck migration to expand

By: Ainsley Platt

Outlets: Arkansas Advocate

Published: October 14, 2026

Words: 320

Last Updated: 3 days, 5 hours ago

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expanding one of its wildlife refuges in Arkansas, the nonprofit partnering with the federal government on the project said Wednesday.

The Trust for Public Land, an outdoors nonprofit, said 435 acres would be added to the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge in east Arkansas. That’s on top of 73,000 existing acres in Jackson, Monroe, Prairie and Woodruff counties.

The new addition to the refuge will …

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