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The Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program had a successful year. The first grants were awarded for projects that are improving water quality around the state. Clay Knighten, the Conservancy's unpaved roads manager, fills us in. TNC: Clay, tell us a little bit about the Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program. Clay: Sure! A few years ago, several groups got ...
Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program All 75 Arkansas counties are eligible to apply for program funding through the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Division. Applications for funding...
5 Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program Fund for up to fifty percent (50%) of the 6 estimated total costs of a proposed unpaved road project. 7 (c) At least four percent (4%) of the funding obtained from the 8 commission department under this chapter shall be used to evaluate and assess 9 the unpaved road project. 10 11 SECTION 3.
(b) Additional agencies and private entities are encouraged to join the entities listed in subsection (a) of this section in supporting and funding unpaved road projects in the state. (c) Any funds received from agencies and entities in support of the Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program shall be deposited into the Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program Fund.
Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program Act. The program provides best management practices (BMPs) training for the construction and maintenance of unpaved roads, plus established a grant program requiring a 1:1 match from participating public and private partners to implement projects. Funding is available to Arkansas counties for priority unpaved road
In response to these concerns, the state legislature has passed the Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program, which aims to protect Arkansas' waters by funding efforts to pave dirt and gravel roads. Another impetus for the bill's passing is the protection of aquatic species, some of which have been put on endangered species lists by the U.S. Fish and ...
PROJECT TITLE: Reducing sedimentation and connectivity impacts from road infrastructure on water quality and habitat for species of Greatest Conservation Need in the Kings River Watershed, Arkansas. PROJECT SUMMARY: This 2-year project will prioritize, plan and implement unpaved road BMPs on heavily used unpaved roads along the Kings River.
BY MELANIE BUCK - The General Assembly has passed and Governor Asa Hutchinson has signed into law the Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program Act 898, which could significantly improve the way that some unpaved roads are constructed and maintained in the state. Polk County Judge Brandon Ellison is a co-chair to the program and testified to...
The Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program was established in 2013 to formulate cost-effective and proactive solutions to manage eroding roads that otherwise would wash harmful sediment in streams, rivers and lakes. For his "commitment and dedication to fish and wildlife conservation," Judge Ellison received the Regional Director's Conservation ...
Four counties received a total of $215,369.00 under the Arkansas Unpaved Roads Grant Program to improve roads with a reduced negative environmental impact on priority water resources. The program focuses on best management practices that reduce the impact of sediment and road runoff to streams, rivers, and drinking water supplies while reducing ...
General Assembly, the purpose of the Unpaved Roads Program (Program) is to create a better unpaved county road system with a reduced negative environmental impact on priority water resources in Arkansas. The Program focuses on best management practices (BMPs) that reduce the impact of sediment and road runoff to streams, rivers, and drinking ...
ARKANSAS UNPAVED ROADS GRANT PROGRAM Grant applications are due March 1st of each year to be eligible for the current year's funding. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE . DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES . Steve Stake, Program Coordinator . Arkansas Department of Agriculture . Division of Natural Resources . 101 East Capitol, Suite 350 . Little ...
John Davis was appointed to the ARDC in 2018 by Governor Asa Hutchinson. He serves on the Rural Services Block Grant and Arkansas Unpaved Roads Grant Program sub-committees. John is an assistant professor of political science and director of governmental relations at the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
Judge Stacey Avey has been serving on the bench for 17 years in Arkansas' Stone County, a rural county in the Ozarks a little south of the Arkansas-Missouri state line. There are 13,000 people there, and a lot of unpaved dirt and gravel roads. Thanks to a new multi-partner project called the Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program, some of those roads are now in much better shape, which …
Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program Fund Universal Citation: AR Code § 19-5-1255 (2018) (a) There is created on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a miscellaneous fund to be known as the "Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program Fund".
Ozarks Unpaved Roads Program Ethan Inlander Ozark Rivers Program Director The Nature Conservancy of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR Mission: To preserve the plants, animals, and natural communiTo preserve the plants, animals, and natural communities ties that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to ...
Rule 168.00.15-005 - Arkansas Unpaved Roads Grant Program. Arkansas Economic Development Commission, Division of Rural Services and the Arkansas Rural Development Commission. The Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC), Division of Rural Services (DRS), is charged with assisting rural communities with a population of 20,000 and under.
(a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) Unpaved roads in the state are the transportation backbone for rural communities and for many economic sectors in Arkansas, including timber, agriculture, ranching, and energy; (2) Unpaved roads provide access to the public to hunting, fishing, boating, hiking, and other recreational and tourist activities; (3) Public access is vital to the economy ...
Arkansas legislation was enacted in the 93rd Arkansas General Assembly establishing an Arkansas Unpaved Road program. The Alliance states that the program will provide an opportunity for all municipalities and agencies managing unpaved roads to learn more about how the program may be utilized to make improvements to unpaved roads and protect ...
Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program County road crews across Arkansas are participating in workshops hosted through the Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program. ... and keep sediment and nutrients on the land from entering rivers by reforesting floodplains and repairing eroding unpaved roads. The Arkansas team has completed 10 in-channel restoration projects ...
The Arkansas Unpaved Roads program is a partnership between the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, Division of Rural Services, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and the Nature Conservancy....
Recently passed legislation, known as the Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program, is aimed at protecting the state's waters provide and providing benefits to …
The state of Arkansas is steadily improving the conditions of its unpaved roads through a new multi-partner project. The state's General Assembly introduced the Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program last year "to create a better unpaved county road system with a reduced negative environmental impact on priority water resources in Arkansas." The initiative has already yielded …
Summary () To Create The Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program Act; To Provide Grants To Counties For Unpaved Road Projects; And To Create The Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program Fund. [Notification that SB613 is now Act 898]
A common FEMA project in rural areas is the repair or rebuilding of unpaved roads. In 2013, the Arkansas Association of Counties, the Arkansas Association of Conservation Districts, the Farm Bureau, The Nature Conservancy and a dozen public and private partner organizations joined forces to establish the Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program.
Established in 2015, the Arkansas Unpaved Roads Grant Program works to reduce the impact of sediment and runoff in streams, rivers and drinking water supplies while reducing county maintenance costs. The program is a joint venture among 14 organizations, including AGFC, Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (ANRC), and AEDC.
Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program is modeled after an older, highly successful program in Pennsylvania. The Arkansas program started in 2016 and is still ramping up, but is already showing successes in its sophomore year. "The Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program has proven to be a tremendous benefit to our counties and to the state as