LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) - More than three-quarters of a million dollars is available for Arkansas schools to teach conservation education this year, thanks to a partnership between the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission’s Division of Rural Services to turn poaching violations into education opportunities.

All wildlife and fishing fine money collected in each Arkansas county last year has been set aside by the AGFC specifically for education grants that teachers may use to increase conservation education efforts in their schools. Arkansas Game and Fish Commissioners in August approved $777,888 to be available through grants administered by AEDC.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the grant program was one of many catalys

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