Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission

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The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission (ANHC) is charged with the protection of statewide biodiversity by focusing on scientific conservation and environmental preservation efforts. The commission maintains the Arkansas Heritage Program biodiversity database, which holds information on more than eight hundred rare or threatened species in the state. The ANHC also maintains a protected state "System of Natural Areas." The commission is an agency within the Department of Arkansas Heritage.

List of ANHC Natural Areas

  • Arkansas Oak Natural Area
  • Baker Prairie Natural Area
  • Bear Hollow Natural Area
  • Benson Creek Natural Area
  • Big Creek Natural Area
  • Big Fork Creek Natural Area
  • Byrd Lake Natural Area
  • Cache River Natural Area
  • Cave Springs Cave Natural Area
  • Chalk Bluff Natural Area
  • Cherokee Prairie Natural Area
  • Chesney Prairie Natural Area
  • Coffee Prairie Natural Area
  • Cossatot River State Park-Natural Area
  • Cove Creek Natural Area
  • Cow Shoals Riverfront Forest Natural Area
  • Cut-off Creek Ravines Natural Area
  • Dardanelle Rock Natural Area
  • Devil's Knob-Devil's Backbone Natural Area
  • Downs Prairie Natural Area
  • Falcon Bottoms Natural Area (est. 1991)
  • Fernwood Seep Natural Area
  • Gap Creek Natural Area
  • Garrett Hollow Natural Area
  • Goose Pond Natural Area
  • H.E. Flanagan Prairie Natural Area
  • Hell Creek Natural Area
  • Holland Bottoms Willow Oak Forest Preserve
  • Holloway Memorial Natural Area
  • Iron Mountain Natural Area
  • Kings River Falls Natural Area
  • Konecny Grove Natural Area
  • Konecny Prairie Natural Area
  • Logoly Natural Area
  • Lorance Creek Natural Area
  • Louisiana Purchase Natural Area
  • Middle Fork Barrens Natural Area
  • Miller County Sandhills Natural Area
  • Mills Park Natural Area
  • Moro Creek Bottoms Natural Area
  • Moro Big Pine Natural Area-Wildlife Management Area (est. 2007)
  • Nacatoch Ravines Natural Area
  • Palmetto Flats Natural Area
  • Pine City Natural Area
  • Pine Hollow Natural Area
  • Poison Springs State Forest Sand Barren and Oak-Pine Forest Preserve
  • Railroad Prairie Natural Area
  • Rock Creek Natural Area
  • Roth Prairie Natural Area (est. 1976)
  • Saratoga Blackland Prairie Natural Area
  • Searles Prairie Natural Area
  • Seven Devils Swamp Natural Area
  • Singer Forest Natural Area (est. 1973)
  • Slippery Hollow Natural Area
  • Smoke Hole Natural Area (est. 1976)
  • Stateline Sand Ponds Natural Area
  • Striplin Woods Natural Area
  • Sweden Creek Falls Natural Area
  • Swifton Sand Ponds Natural Area
  • Taylor Woodlands Natural Area
  • Terre Noire Natural Area
  • Warren Prairie Natural Area (est. 1983)
  • White Cliffs Natural Area
  • Wittsburg Natural Area

ANHC History

The ANHC was formed in 1973.

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