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Arkansas Outdoor Skills Network

Overview

Welcome to the Arkansas Outdoor Skills Network; your one-stop resource for programs offered by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and a network of partners who support hunting, fishing, wildlife, outdoor recreation, land management, conservation leadership, and more! Thank you for your interest in discovering a program that helps you connect with our natural resources and the outdoors.

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Event types and descriptions are merely guidelines to help you choose what is best for you -- they are not prerequisites.

Beginner: Attend a Basic course or class. Skill awareness and knowledge imparted. Potentially may get to actively participate in the skill. Participation is with an instructor or mentor. Mostly classroom style instruction.

Intermediate: Opportunity for active participation in the skill. Experience may be under guided instruction or mentorship. Individual pursuit of skill development is encouraged. Student may or may not have outdoor gear for this skill.

Advanced: Outdoor Skill is developing with advanced techniques. Active use of the skill is pursued. Minimal mentoring. Engagement with the outdoor community that uses this skill is cultivated. Student has basic outdoor gear to use for this skill.

Expert: Outdoor skill techniques are perfected. Seeks advanced or new experiences within that skill. Is actively involved with the outdoor community. Has obtained the gear that is needed for the skill.

Mentor: Outdoor skill is perfected. Actively involved in the outdoor community. Seeks to instruct or mentor others. Actively invites others to join in this skill. Plans outdoor skill opportunities.

Educator/Instructor/Coach/Volunteer: Professional development workshop, training, or instructor certifications for educators, instructors, coaches and volunteers.

Note Some events will require that registrants have taken a Hunter Education or Boater Education course. Event registration for youth 13 and under require adult permission.

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October 2023

  • Oct 21 Sat

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    Aquatic WILD Educator PD Workshop

    Registration Open 14 of 15 seats remaining

    Location & Schedule

    Fred Berry Crooked Creek Nature Center YELLVILLE, AR 72687

    • Saturday, October 21, 2023 9:00am - 3:30pm

November 2023

  • Nov 4 Sat

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    PD - Project Wild Educator Workshop

    Registration Open 17 of 20 seats remaining

    Location & Schedule

    Governor Mike Huckabee Delta Rivers Nature Center Pine Bluff, AR 71611

    • Saturday, November 4, 2023 9:00am - 3:30pm

  • Nov 8 Wed

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    Volunteer Training: Animal Encounters

    Registration Open 38 of 40 seats remaining

    Location & Schedule

    AGFC Rick Evans Grandview Prairie CEC Columbus, AR 71831

    • Wednesday, November 8, 2023 10:00am - 12:00pm

  • Nov 8 Wed

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    Volunteer Training: Animal Encounters

    Registration Open 40 of 40 seats remaining

    Location & Schedule

    AGFC Rick Evans Grandview Prairie CEC Columbus, AR 71831

    • Wednesday, November 8, 2023 10:00am - 12:00pm

  • Nov 11 Sat

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    Project Wild Educator Workshop

    Registration Open 19 of 20 seats remaining

    Location & Schedule

    AGFC J.B. and Johnelle Hunt Family Ozark Highlands Springdale, AR 72762

    • Saturday, November 11, 2023 9:00am - 3:30pm

December 2023

January 2024

  • Jan 23 Tue

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    PD Fishing In the Natural State PD

    Registration Open 20 of 25 seats remaining

    Location & Schedule

    Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center Little Rock, AR 72201

    • Tuesday, January 23, 2024 8:30am - 3:30pm

  • Jan 24 Wed

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    PD Fishing In the Natural State PD

    Registration Open 25 of 25 seats remaining

    Location & Schedule

    Forrest L. Wood Crowley's Ridge Nature Center Jonesboro, AR 72404

    • Wednesday, January 24, 2024 8:30am - 3:30pm

  • Jan 30 Tue

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    PD Fishing In the Natural State PD

    Registration Open 25 of 25 seats remaining

    Location & Schedule

    AGFC J.B. and Johnelle Hunt Family Ozark Highlands Springdale, AR 72762

    • Tuesday, January 30, 2024 8:30am - 3:30pm
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