Contents
Part 1: Discovery and Settlement
Chapter 1. Early Exploration
Chapter 2. Settling the Wilderness
Chapter 3. Territorial Days
Chapter 4. Early Days of Statehood
Chapter 5. Taming the Wilderness
Part 2: Politics and Exploitation
Chapter 6. Early Wildlife Laws
Chapter 7. Beginnings of the Conservation Movement
Chapter 8. Early Years of the Game and Fish Commission: 1915–1944
Chapter 9. The Conservation Debate
Chapter 10. Status of the Species, 1900–1945
Part 3: Recovery and Conservation
Chapter 11. Passage of Amendment 35: A New Game and Fish Commission
Chapter 12. Lake and Stream Development
Chapter 13. Land Acquisition and Development
Part 4: Status of the Species
Chapter 14. Fish and Fisheries
Chapter 15. Game and Nongame Species and Habitat
Appendixes
Appendix 1. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Members
Appendix 2. History of Arkansas Game and Fish Licenses
Appendix 3. Income and Expenditures: Amendment 35 Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Appendix 4. License Sales: 1985–1997
Bibliography
Index