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Arkansas
Game and Fish Commission
2 Natural Resources
Drive
Little Rock, AR
72205
Jan. 25, 2005
Flooding
Closes Deer Season For More Hunters
LITTLE ROCK - The AGFC has
expanded the deer-season closures enacted late last week because of flood
conditions. Effective Tuesday, Jan. 25, Arkansas land bordering the
Mississippi River from Helena to the Louisiana state line will be affected.
The closed areas
include:
·
All lands south of U.S. Highway 49 and east
of Arkansas Highway 44 until it joins Arkansas Highway 85. From here the
western boundary will extend south on Arkansas Highway 85 to Snow Lake,
along the Missouri-Pacific Railroad to the White River and along the
established southern boundary for Flood Prone Zone F until it connects
with U.S. Highway 165. It continues south to Arkansas Highway 1 and
follows it to U.S. Highway 65 in McGehee. The western boundary continues
south along U.S. Highway 65 until it reaches U.S. Highway 82 at Lake
Village. These lands will be closed when the Mississippi River level
reaches 41 feet on the Helena gauge and will remain closed until the
same gauge recedes to 39 feet.
·
All Arkansas lands south of U.S. Highway 82
and east of U.S. Highway 65. This area will be closed to deer hunting
when the Mississippi River gauge reaches 48 feet at the Greenville,
Miss., gauge, and will remain closed until the same gauge reads 46 feet.
Originally, it was
thought that the area south of U.S. Highway 82 and east of U.S. Highway 65
would be sufficient to protect the deer from overharvest, while allowing as
many hunters as possible to have a full season. Unfortunately, the flooding
is much worse than anticipated, calling for more land to be closed to
protect the wildlife resource.
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