Conservation Sales Tax - Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

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Conservation Sales Tax:
A Little Help from Nature’s Friends
The effort to revive several Arkansas agencies with a statewide sales tax
required inspiration from a neighbor and 14 years of on-the-job training.
The cost of operation for agencies had grown but funding was lagging.
Missouri passed a 1/8th-cent conservation sales tax in 1976, dedicated to the
Department of Conservation. A group of Arkansans began the push for the
same sales tax in 1984 with a constitutional amendment, which failed, and
failed again in 1986.
By the third attempt, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, the
Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, the Department of Arkansas
Heritage and the Keep Arkansas Beautiful Commission had joined forces to
build a grassroots and legislative base. The tax amendment was one of three
chosen for the November 1994 general election but was not on the ballot
because the secretary of state ruled it was not advertised properly.
The 1996 ballot included Amendment 75, which passed with 50.6 percent
of the vote. This tax has been collected for more than 10 years and has done
wonders for four state agencies that were in deep need of financial health.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Arkansas State Parks each
receive 45 percent of the revenue. The Department of Arkansas Heritage
receives 9 percent, and the Keep Arkansas Beautiful Commission receives 1
percent.
The long-range vision of voters has repaired campgrounds and renovated
lodges, cabins and historic structures at state parks. It has built boat ramps
at wildlife management areas and added wildlife enforcement officers. It has
cleared hiking trails at natural areas and helped stoke the campaign to keep
The Natural State free of litter. It has saved important pieces of Arkansas
history and brought cultural opportunities to communities across the state.
The tax has done work that casual visitors to natural places may not notice.
But it’s hard to miss system-wide state park improvements or nature centers
at Pine Bluff, Jonesboro, Fort Smith and Little Rock. It’s also hard to miss
the restoration and expansion of the Old State House Museum, Historic
Arkansas Museum and the Delta Cultural Center. These were undertaken
because Arkansans said they wanted more educational and cultural
opportunities.
The AGFC has acquired public property so hunters, anglers and wildlife
watchers have more opportunities. Valuable coalitions have been built
between public and private agencies. Moro Big Pine Natural Area WMA is a
great example of what can be accomplished when several agencies pool their
resources.
The long-range
vision of voters
has repaired
campgrounds and
renovated lodges,
cabins and
historic structures
at state parks.
It has built boat
ramps at wildlife
management
areas and
added wildlife
enforcement
officers. It has
cleared hiking
trails at natural
areas and
helped stoke the
campaign to keep
The Natural State
free of litter.
Arkansas State Parks is reaching new horizons, too. Mississippi River State
Park, for instance, is coming to fruition after 40 years of planning, thanks to
an ASP-USDA Forest Service partnership.
Is it all about the money? No. It’s about the goals people can reach when they
have the resources they need and improving the quality of life for Arkansans.
A rk ansas 1/8 th -C ent C onservation S ales Ta x 10-Year R eport
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Arkansas Game and Fish Commission:
10 Years with the Conservation Sales Tax
In November 1996, Arkansas voters approved Amendment 75,
the 1/8th-Cent Conservation Sales Tax, with 45 percent of the
proceeds to go to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
Its passage rewarded a decade of effort by Arkansas
conservationists. It wouldn’t have been possible without
leadership provided by the Funding Study Subcommittee of
the Arkansas Legislature and the Arkansas Legislature who
approved the proposed amendment.
To assist the Funding Study Subcommittee, Arkansas voters
were surveyed to document attitudes and opinions about
AGFC performance, determine support for additional
funding and clarify program priorities. AGFC used the
survey and statewide meetings held by the Funding Study
Subcommittee to refine plans for the new revenue. The plans
were summarized in the “Plan for Conservation.” The plan
contained specific goals for using the new revenue.
Amendment 35 of 1945 charges AGFC with the “control,
management, restoration, conservation and regulation of birds,
fish, game and wildlife resources of the State.” It contains a
user-fee mechanism (license and permit fees) and establishes a
dedicated Game Protection Fund in the State Treasury to be
used solely by AGFC.
economic and natural resource of the state and they desire to
provide additional funds.”
These constitutional amendments provide AGFC with a mix of
authority and funding that makes it responsible for all wildlife
in the state, and responsible to all the people of Arkansas.
Because AGFC operates from a single appropriation and a
single treasury fund, it was decided to measure progress on the
“Plan for Conservation” goals by looking at all activity in the
Game Protection Fund. The table on pages 12-24 summarizes
receipts and disbursements through fiscal year 2006-07.
Collection of the Conservation Sales Tax began July 1, 1997,
and on that same day AGFC hired more than 30 additional
wildlife officers to fulfill the “Plan for Conservation”
commitment of two officers for each county. Tax revenue has
been used to make AGFC officers among the best-equipped in
the nation. Expenditures for law enforcement have increased
55 percent.
Amendment 75 of 1996 says Arkansans “find that fish,
wildlife, parks, tourism and natural heritage constitute a major
AGFC has purchased 46,817 acres of land at a cost of
$26,457,610. Expenditures for capital improvements total
$72,169,392 and include nature centers in Pine Bluff,
Jonesboro and Fort Smith. Construction on the fourth nature
center is under way in Little Rock. Capital improvements have
been made in all counties in the state. Expenditures for land
and capital improvements have increased 1,418 percent.
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Education and outreach programs designed to inform the
public about conservation practices have grown substantially.
Programs include Hunter Education, Boating Education,
Bowhunter Education, Becoming an Outdoors-Woman,
Youth Shooting Sports, Hooked on Fishing – Not on Drugs,
Watchable Wildlife, Project WILD, Aquatic Resources,
Wildlife Resources, Underwater Arkansas, Geocaching,
Wings Over Arkansas, Federal Duck Stamp Art Competition,
Conservation Scholarships, Conservation Internships and Fine
Revenue Grants. For teachers and students, AGFC has opened
the Rick Evans Grandview Prairie Conservation Education
Center, the Potlatch Conservation Education Center at Cook’s
Lake, the Ponca Elk Education Center and the Fred Berry
Conservation Education Center on Crooked Creek. The
Education and Outreach Division staff has grown from 10
employees to 53, and expenditures have increased 668 percent.
Expenditures for fish and wildlife management, including
new programs for private lands, non-game species and habitat
preservation, have grown 114 percent. With the addition of
more than 46,800 acres of purchased land and 16,000 acres of
land under conservation easements, along with the expansion
of existing programs and creation of new programs, the staff
has grown by 54 employees, an increase of 30 percent.
Expenditures for administration and support services,
including new regional offices and an up-to-date statewide
computer network for all employees, have grown 78 percent.
With employees stationed in all 75 counties, the new regional
offices are a great benefit to the employees, and they also
provide valuable services to local residents. The computer
network has increased efficiency, giving the staff the advantages
of 21st-century technology.
The Conservation Sales Tax has allowed tremendous growth
in programs and services to the public, while resident sport
licenses have remained at 1989 prices.
Arkansas State Parks
Legislation: The Creation of Arkansas State Parks
Act 172 of 1927 created the State Parks Commission (now
the State Parks, Recreation and Travel Commission) to select
and acquire areas of natural and scenic beauty and areas of
historical interest that provided “educational, recreational,
health, camping and outdoor life advantages.” An important
and significant feature of Act 172 was that it charged the State
Parks Commission with the responsibility of overseeing the
lands entrusted to its care:
“… to protect and preserve in its original habitat and native
beauty the flora, fauna, and wild life therein and preserve
the same for all future generations, thereby promoting health
and pleasure through recreational places, resorts and scenic
playgrounds for the people of the State and to attract visitors,
homeseekers and tourists to the State and to provide places of
recreation and pleasure for them, and to increase the wealth
and revenue of our State by means of such parks.”
Act 172 directed not only the operation of State Parks, but
more importantly, that the parks were to be operated so that
their original beauties and qualities would be preserved for
Arkansans as yet unborn.
“Making Memories” – The 75th Anniversary
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the development of
Arkansas’s first state park – Petit Jean. The 52 state parks
comprise one of the finest systems of state parks and museums
in the nation. Collectively, the state parks preserve and
interpret Arkansas’s rich natural and cultural heritage, provide
quality outdoor recreation opportunities, serve as a provider
and leader in state environmental education efforts, and
support the state’s tourism industry, so important to Arkansas’s
economy.
Values of Arkansas State Parks
Children
Education
Every child has the right to explore, climb a mountain, wade
a stream, catch a crawfish, camp under the stars, play catch,
swim, splash and enjoy the beauty and wonder of nature.
Arkansas State Parks are found near every Arkansas family,
and they provide a safe place to discover the natural world.
Arkansas State Parks is a leading provider of hands-on,
resource-based, curriculum-connected programs for teachers
and students. Curriculum-based programs help Arkansas
teachers make connections between the classroom and the real
world of Arkansas. Field trips to Arkansas State Parks prove
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that lessons taught in the classroom are true. Children who
have experiences in nature are better students and make better
citizens. In 2007, 239,390 students participated in 7,078
educational programs.
Interpretation
The legacy of Arkansas State Parks is preservation of our state’s
diverse beauty and history so that all Arkansans and visitors
may find emotional and intellectual connections to their
heritage. Each state park has a unique and compelling story to
tell about something much larger – its role in the grand story
of Arkansas. Collectively, more than 827,400 visitors annually
participated in 52,600 events and programs.
Preservation
Arkansas’s Economy
People from across the nation see the ads - “Arkansas, The
Natural State.” Arkansans and visitors find The Natural State
beauty protected forever in Arkansas State Parks. Arkansas
State Parks is a major tourist attraction and an important
economic engine for Arkansas, bringing more than $250
million annually to the state’s economy.
Facilities
Arkansas State Parks operates some of the finest campgrounds
(1,779 campsites), trails (283 miles), lodges (5) and cabins
(131) in America, along with preserving 183 historic
structures. But the real value, excitement and experience of
Arkansas is out the door – in the parks themselves.
Arkansas State Parks protects some of Arkansas’s most valued
places so that our children’s children can share the experiences
and memories that we cherish today. Some of Arkansas’s rare
plants and endangered species live in state parks, and some live
only because state parks are protected places.
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Keep Arkansas Beautiful
More than just an idealized concept, the aspiration to keep Arkansas’s
natural environment clean and beautiful became an attainable reality
through passage of Amendment 75. It granted Arkansans both the
mandate and means to accomplish a worthy goal. Enabling legislation and
adequate funding has produced a statewide program that helps citizens
and communities improve behaviors toward our environment and produce
actions to augment community vibrancy and attractiveness. The resulting
improvements enhance community livability and invite growth in business,
industry, relocation, travel and tourism, stimulating value and prosperity
for local and state economies.
The Keep Arkansas Beautiful Commission works to increase public
awareness of the harmful economic and ecological impact of litter and
the corresponding constructive benefits of improved community waste
reduction, recycling and scenic beautification efforts. Through education
and voluntary activities, the Keep Arkansas Beautiful program inspires
and engages individuals to take greater responsibility for improving and
sustaining their community environments, thus contributing to better
quality of life and enjoyment of our natural surroundings by residents and
visitors alike.
Department of
Arkansas Heritage
Enabling legislation and
adequate funding has
produced a statewide
program that helps
citizens and communities
improve behaviors
toward our environment
and produce actions to
augment community
vibrancy and
attractiveness.
The Department of Arkansas Heritage was established in 1975 by the state
legislature for the purpose of preserving and enhancing Arkansas’s natural,
cultural and historic heritage. In essence, DAH protects the places and
remembers the people of the past. Efforts of DAH allow Arkansans to save
important pieces of the state’s history and heritage for the enjoyment and
education of all Arkansans and our visitors.
Its seven divisions include the Arkansas Arts Council, which develops and
implements a comprehensive statewide program for the support of the arts;
the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, which researches, records
and preserves historic structures and sites; the Arkansas Natural Heritage
Commission, which identifies, protects and manages land and other critical
elements of the state’s natural heritage; the Historic Arkansas Museum
in Little Rock, which interprets Arkansas’s frontier history and culture
using material evidence, artifacts and on-site historic homes; the Old State
House Museum in Little Rock, the oldest standing state capitol west of the
Mississippi River, which emphasizes Arkansas’s political history from 1836
to 1911; the Delta Cultural Center in Helena, which preserves, interprets
and presents the heritage and culture of the Arkansas Delta; and the
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, which preserves and interprets AfricanAmerican history and culture in Arkansas and educates the public about
black achievements, especially in business, politics and the arts.
In essence, DAH protects
the places and remembers
the people of the past.
Efforts of DAH allow
Arkansans to save important
pieces of the state’s history
and heritage for the
enjoyment and education of
all Arkansans and our visitors.
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“Save it for the Kids!”
Beginning in the early 1980s, supporters of conservation
agencies recognized that dire financial straits lay ahead. They
looked to Missouri and found the promise of a solution in that
state’s 1976 constitutional amendment that raised the general
sales tax by one-eighth cent and dedicated the revenue
to conservation.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission first tried to pass
the conservation amendment in 1988, and then teamed with
the Department of Parks and Tourism to share the proceeds
of the tax with the Department of Arkansas Heritage and the
Keep Arkansas Beautiful Commission when the legislature
placed it on the ballot in 1994. Knocked off the ballot by a
last-minute court order, the 1/8th-Cent Conservation Sales
Tax was once again placed on the ballot by the Arkansas
General Assembly in 1996.
Working on the principle that saving our natural and cultural
resources for future generations is essential – not only to
preserve our heritage but also to boost the state’s economy –
The Natural State Committee worked to pass the referendum.
House Speaker Bobby Hogue of Jonesboro and Senator Jean
Edwards of Sherrill led the committee, and the late Mary
Klaser served as the campaign director. Other key campaign
leaders were Bruce Engstrom, a certified public accountant
with EGP who contributed his time and expertise as treasurer;
Game and Fish Foundation Director Steve Smith; Arkansas
State Parks, Recreation and Travel Commission Chairwoman
Donna Kay Matteson; Nancy DeLamar, Arkansas state
director for The Nature Conservancy; Bill Bridgforth, an
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Arkansas Game and Fish commissioner; and Ron Blome,
Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods public relations and
media strategist.
The committee believed outdoor activities were ingrained in
our rural state’s heritage, and that heritage is something people
are willing to pay to preserve. The campaign leaders made
it clear that, by law, the money collected would be used for
improving outdoor facilities and preserving Arkansas’s natural
and cultural heritage. They emphasized that mountains,
forests, wildlife and rivers were part of our heritage and that
we owed it to our children and grandchildren to protect
them. They explained that state parks would be renovated
and nature centers would be built so Arkansas school children
could learn about the outdoors and how to respect it. Finally,
they cautioned that if an effort to save the great outdoors of
Arkansas was not launched soon, it could be lost forever.
The campaign kickoff was held in front of the Old State House
– at the time closed – where the legislature had appropriated
emergency funds to repair its crumbling foundation. Signs
proclaimed, “Save it for the Kids” and “Keep Arkansas
Natural Forever.”
County chairmen and supporters of the issue worked tireless
hours to produce grassroots results. Representatives of each
of the agencies involved reached out to community leaders
throughout the state. Friends in the Arkansas General
Assembly made their case to peers and constituents.
During the heart of the campaign, Governor Jim Guy Tucker,
a supporter of the amendment, left office. The new governor,
Mike Huckabee, supported the amendment despite his
general anti-tax sentiment. He made an unprecedented and
much-publicized five-day trip down the Arkansas River from
the western border in Fort Smith to the Mississippi River.
His purpose was simple – to boost awareness and shore up
statewide campaign support.
However, it was not all smooth sailing for the campaign. A
lawsuit had the amendment removed from the ballot in 1994,
and was again filed in opposition to the ballot title. This time,
the effort was unsuccessful. Some talk radio hosts voiced their
opposition daily. Select print media outlets across the state
also expressed their displeasure with the issue. Many more,
however, supported it.
November 1996, Election Day came and went without
an answer. A sleepless night followed for the numerous
individuals who had donated hours of time and resources to
the cause. Finally, at 2 p.m. the following day, The Natural
State Committee learned it had been successful, passing the
amendment by the slimmest of margins. With 50.6 percent
of the vote, the 1/8th-Cent Conservation Sales Tax became
Amendment 75 to Arkansas’s 122-year-old constitution.
A Crisis Was Brewing in 1996
Efforts to protect and preserve Arkansas’s natural and cultural
resources were stymied in the late 20th century by a lack
of funds needed to carry out the work of important state
government agencies.
In 1992, the state parks system needed $120 million for basic
infrastructure and facility repairs in order to handle 7 million
visitors annually. By 1996, the need grew to more than $177
million. These repairs, desperately needed and long overdue,
were for fundamental improvements such as restoration of
deteriorating lodges, cabins, trails, campsites, roads and
utilities.
hunting in Arkansas would have to be cut by 30 percent, while
fish stocking of Arkansas rivers and lakes was to be severely
limited.
Arkansas had no budget allotment to fight litter. Efforts to
save the natural beauty of Arkansas, one of its most valuable
cultural and economic mainstays, had no funding.
The Old State House and other historic sites were crumbling
and there was no money for repairs. Without private
donations, the Old State House was not even able to pay its
utility bills.
The Game and Fish Commission received no general revenue
allocation. Without sufficient funding, public access for
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We’ve Kept Our Promises
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Promised
• To strengthen law enforcement efforts
• To acquire and improve wildlife habitat
• To educate Arkansans about conservation
• To upgrade fish and wildlife management efforts
• To create habitat for threatened and endangered species
• To bolster support services and agency administration
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Delivered
• Additional enforcement officers have been added to each
county in the state, along with additional K-9 units, a welltrained and equipped dive team and covert operations.
• Three of four planned nature centers are complete, with
the final center under construction and scheduled for
completion in 2008.
• Fisheries programs such as the Family and Community
Fishing Program have been formed to address issues of
convenience and access to quality fishing destinations
by working with cities to provide seasonal fisheries in
many parks. Thousands of pounds of catfish, trout and
hybrid striped bass are stocked annually at Family and
Community Fisheries Program locations in an effort to
enhance inner-city fishing areas.
• While the Arkansas Stream Team actually was begun
a year before the Conservation Sales Tax passed, it did
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not fully blossom into the award-winning program it
is now until it was funded from proceeds from the tax.
This program is a citizen-based effort that provides an
opportunity for Arkansans to volunteer for their state and
conduct a number of activities that help conserve water
and aquatic resources in The Natural State.
More than 46,800 acres have been purchased for public
use, along with a number of improvements to existing
areas.
Offices and facilities have been upgraded to better meet
the public’s needs.
Legislative participation has been revised to keep the lines
of communication open.
Public communication efforts have been given a facelift.
Arkansas State Parks Promised
• To postpone adding more parks to the system until
efforts to renovate and improve existing parks, as well as
previously authorized but underdeveloped parks, were
complete.
• To establish a detailed 10-year plan for each of the 52
state parks that delineates specific projects, funding capital
equipment, land acquisition, major maintenance, capital
improvements and operating expenses primarily for the
undeveloped parks.
Arkansas State Parks Delivered
Parks and museums have been renovated, repaired and
improved. Some 1,313 major maintenance projects totaling
$12.2 million have been completed across the state park
system. More than $112.5 million worth of major renovations
and capital improvements have been completed. Listed below
are a few examples:
• System-wide utility systems replacements, road and
parking improvements
• Swimming pool replacements/additions: Crater of
Diamonds, Devil’s Den, Lake Chicot, Mount Nebo
• Campground renovations/additions: Cossatot River,
Daisy, Devil’s Den, Lake Catherine, Lake Charles, Lake
Chicot, Lake Dardanelle, Lake Ouachita, Petit Jean,
Village Creek, White Oak Lake, Withrow Springs
• Lodge renovations: DeGray, Ozark Folk Center
• Cabin renovations/additions: Devil’s Den, Lake Chicot,
Moro Bay (under way), Mount Nebo, Petit Jean
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Historic structure renovations: Historic Washington
Golf course renovation: DeGray
Marina improvements: DeGray, Lake Catherine
Relocation of Lake Fort Smith State Park
Day-use area renovations: Bull Shoals-White River, Daisy,
Pinnacle Mountain
• Shoreline stabilization: Bull Shoals-White River,
Jacksonport, Lake Chicot, Moro Bay
• Barrier-free and multi-use trails: Bull Shoals-White River,
Crater of Diamonds, Delta Heritage Trail, Hobbs, Petit
Jean, Village Creek
• Visitor information/environmental education centers: Bull
Shoals-White River, Cossatot River, Hobbs (under way),
Lake Fort Smith
• Interpretive exhibits/galleries: Arkansas Museum of
Natural Resources, Crater of Diamonds, Crowley’s Ridge,
Lake Frierson, Lower White River Museum, Plantation
Agriculture Museum
No state parks have been added. The Department remains
committed to addressing the projects in the original
Amendment 75 plan.
Keep Arkansas Beautiful Promised
• To educate citizens regarding the negative environmental,
economic and aesthetic effects of litter and the positive
benefits of scenic beautification and recycling.
• To encourage people to demonstrate greater pride in their
communities for increased attractiveness and improved
quality of life.
Keep Arkansas Beautiful Delivered
• An aggressive, year-round advertising and educational
campaign is maintained to continually enlighten
individuals on the behaviors, habits and practices that
cause litter, and to educate citizens about litter prevention
and control.
• Implementation of the Keep America Beautiful, Inc.
system network in Arkansas encourages and enables local
community groups to engage volunteers in anti-litter,
waste reduction and civic beautification efforts, events and
programs for community environmental improvement.
• Training, networking, resources and support are offered
to groups across the state through the Community Action
Network, annual conferences and seminars, development
grants, our recognition awards and a variety of volunteer
involvement programs. Information and communications
are maintained via e-mail, telephone, mail, Web site and
personal visits.
• Two statewide litter cleanup and scenic beautification
campaigns are conducted each year: The Great Arkansas
Cleanup has expanded to a three-month (September
through November) campaign and the Great American
Cleanup in Arkansas is held each spring during March,
April and May. Both involve tens of thousands of
volunteers who remove tons of trash from our state’s
parks, waterways, shorelines, roadsides and communities,
conduct recycling drives and produce scenic improvements
by planting, painting and maintaining public areas.
• School and civic programs include video presentations,
lesson plans, poster contests, staged productions and
campus planting programs to educate citizens of all ages
about the need to prevent littering, implement recycling
and reduce waste. Communities and businesses are offered
programs to target cigarette litter, encourage recycling and
augment civic beautification.
• Partnerships with other agencies and businesses continue
to produce beneficial results for the state: the Litter
Reporting Hotline campaign identifies and educates litter
violators observed on our state’s roadways, the Arkansas
Broadcasters Association reciprocal grant program provides
exceptional supplemental exposure for media messages,
and our yearly cleanup campaign sponsors contribute
added incentive and resources to participating volunteers.
Through the efforts of citizen volunteers and donated
funds and service by supporting organizations, Keep
Arkansas Beautiful is able to provide the state and its
communities a benefit value almost seven times greater
than its program costs.
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We’ve Kept Our Promises
Department of Arkansas Heritage Promised
• To protect natural and cultural heritage from decay and
destruction.
• To preserve more than 29,000 historic state artifacts.
• To keep historical information and resources flowing into
classrooms.
• To discover and identify natural and cultural treasures.
• To encourage art to be created for future generations.
• To expand knowledge of Arkansas’s heritage from
prehistoric times to the present for Arkansans and our
visitors.
Department of Arkansas Heritage Delivered
• The Arkansas Arts Council has funded new and expanded • The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission has
developed Arkansas-specific education materials for science
arts programs, awarded public art grants, supported Arts
curricula standards; installed innovative rare species
on Tour and provided general operating support to arts
information technologies to assist commercial development
organizations.
planners, decision makers and natural resource managers
• The Old State House Museum has presented new exhibits
in Arkansas and beyond our borders, and conserved
and education programs, and needed repairs were made to
Arkansas’s biodiversity with 406 acres added to Arkansas’s
both Trapnall Hall and the Old State House.
system of natural areas.
• The Delta Cultural Center has created special programs
and a Delta Curriculum.
• The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program has expanded
its ability to provide direct, on-site technical assistance
to constituents, actively pursued National Register status
for the state’s historic downtown areas and publicized its
programs and services.
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How and Where the Conservation Tax Works
The 1/8th-Cent Conservation Sales Tax yielded almost $59
million for these four agencies during the 2006-07 fiscal
year. Through the first 10 years – ending July 1, 2007 – more
than $475 million was raised through the tax. That means
Arkansas’s natural and cultural heritage is being preserved for
an additional six cents on a $50 purchase. That is a miniscule
amount when we look at the big picture of how important
these agencies and their projects are to the state and its
economy.
Revenue is divided among four agencies for the following purposes:
45 percent to Arkansas State Parks
9 percent to the Department of Arkansas Heritage
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Major maintenance and repairs
Capital improvements and renovations
Capital equipment
Operating expenses
Land acquisition
45 percent to Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
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Wildlife enforcement officers
Land acquisition and improvements
Conservation education
Private land assistance and animal control
Leased property
Endangered species
Restoration of cut programs
Cost estimates made in the mid-1990s have changed
drastically. The original 10-year plan to refurbish state parks
will take an estimated 20 years. There always will be more
Arkansas artifacts the Department of Arkansas Heritage
should acquire and a computerized record of all the artifacts
is needed. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission projects
Rehabilitation of historic structures
Enhancement of educational opportunities
Acquisition and preservation of artifacts
Creation of new grant-in-aid programs for the arts, historic
preservation and museums
• Conservation and stewardship of the state’s system of
natural areas
• Research activities to locate rare plant and animal species,
and to discover more about them and their habitats
1 percent to Keep Arkansas Beautiful
• Education programs
• Anti-litter awareness
face seasonal construction challenges and cannot meet all
expectations every year. Keep Arkansas Beautiful is building
an infrastructure as it develops programs, so it is still
organizing and refining its abilities and resources to meet its
mission of anti-litter awareness.
The need for the 1/8th-Cent Conservation Sales Tax continues. See the following table
for accomplishments.
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Amendment 75 Fiscal Years 1998-2007 Expenditures
County
Arkansas
Ashley
Baxter
Benton
Boone
Bradley
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Arkansas Game and
Fish Commission
Arkansas
State Parks
Department of
Arkansas Heritage
Bayou Meto WMA
Arkanas Post Museum Arkansas Natural Heritage
White River NWR
$166,032
Commission $32,990
Little Bayou WMA-Bayou Delta Heritage Trail
Arkansas Arts Council Bartholomew
(Desha and Phillips)
$6,084
White River
$1,256,902
$2,057,326
Great Arkansas Cleanup
1998-2007
KAB Statewide Awards 2001,
2003-04
KAB Statewide Conference
2002–03
Millennium Tree Project 2000
Little Bayou WMA
Lake Georgia-Pacific
Lake Wilson
Lake Enterprise
Lake Grampus
Casey Jones Leased WMA
Saline River
$574,113
Arkansas Natural Heritage
Commission $6,226.50
Heritage Month Grants
$2,500
Arkansas Arts Council $16,274
1998-2002, 2004-06
Great American Cleanup 2000,
2006
KAB Statewide Conference 2000
Lake Norfork
White River
Wildlife Officers
Bull Shoals Lake
$1,661,841
Bull Shoals/ White
River (Marion)
$7,089,632
Commission $91
Heritage Month/Arkansas
Heritage Grants
$15,797
1998-2007
Great American Cleanup 2007
KAB Statewide Awards 2002-06
2003-04
Spavinaw Creek Trout
Fishery
Wedington Unit of Ozark
National Forest
Lake Bentonville
Crystal Lake
Beaver Lake
Charlie Craig Fish
Hatchery
Beaver Lake Regional
Office
$964,085
Hobbs (Carroll and
Madison)
$3,548,446
Commission $40,234
Heritage Grants
$34,968
Arkansas Historic
Preservation Program
$67, 650
Keep America Beautiful Affiliate:
Keep Benton County
Beautiful
1998-2007
2002-07
KAB Statewide Awards 2001-04,
2006
2000-04
Commission $26,641
$2,900
Arkansas Humanities Council/
Arkansas Heritage Grants
$1,500
Great Arkansas Cleanup 1998-99,
2002-06
2003-07
KAB Statewide Awards 2005
Table Rock Lake
Bull Shoals
Bull Shoals Nursery Pond
$295,335
Green’s Lake Access and
Road
$15,157
Moro Bay
$1,126,095
Commission $76,099
1998-2002, 2007
Arkansas Humanities Council/ Great American Cleanup 2000
$800
Arkansas Arts Council
$766.50
County
Calhoun
Carroll
Chicot
Clark
Arkansas Game and
Fish Commission
Arkansas
State Parks
Tri-County Lake
Wildlife Officer
Little Bay
Ouachita River
$546,007
Department of
Arkansas Heritage
Commission $940.50
$480
1998-2002, 07
Great American Cleanup
2000-03
Beaver Lake
Madison County WMA
Kings River
White River
$3,213,050
See Benton County
Commission $503.54
$32,558
$7,427
$154,114
1998-2007
2002-03, 2006-07
2001-04
Lake Chicot
Lake Chicot Nursery
Pond
Grand Lake Access
Wildlife Officer
$994,321
Lake Chicot
$4,799,767
$1,635
$4,315
$55,522
1998-2007
2000-02, 2006
2002-04
Old River Lakes and
Oxbows
DeGray Lake
Caddo River Access
Big Timber Leased WMA
Ouachita River
$712,159
See Hot Spring County Arkansas Natural Heritage
Commission $21,250
1998-2007
$5,242
2005-06
Arkansas Humanities Council/ KAB Statewide Conference
Arkansas Heritage/Arkansas
2001-03
Arts Council Grants
$31,264
Clay
Dave Donaldson-Black
River WMA
Donham Hatchery
Schaeffer’s Eddy
Mill Lake
Black River
$4,726,112
Commission $14,741
$3,870
2002
2005
Cleburne
Wildlife Officer
Greers Ferry tailwaters
Free Stone Trout Stream
Jim Kress Leased WMA
Cherokee Leased WMA
Little Red River
$1,020,040
$7,883
$27,226
1999-2007
2001-04
13
County
Arkansas Game and
Fish Commission
Arkansas
State Parks
Conway
Craighead
Mark’s Mill
$7,436
Commission $13,278
$1,500
$2,082
1999-2002, 2004, 2007
2007
Wildlife Officer
Lake Columbia
$476,000
Logoly
$329,514
Commission $36,949
Heritage Month/Arkansas Arts
Council Grants
$29,695
Great Arkansas Cleanup 1999,
2006-07
Ed Gordon-Point Remove
WMA
Lake Overcup
$641,725
Petit Jean
$6,789,883
Commission $34.68
$7,430
$8,769
1998-2007
2004-06
KAB Statewide Conference 2001,
2003
Heritage Grants
$34,824
$139,880
Great Arkansas Cleanup 2001-07
2005, 2007
$76,848
$1,055
Keep Van Buren Beautiful
2001-02, 2006-07
2006-07
2006
Commission $211.93
$17,790
$1,000
$87,706
Great Arkansas Cleanup 2002
2003, 2007
2003-04
Caraway City Lake
St. Francis River
Forrest L. Wood Crowley’s
Ridge Nature Center
Jonesboro Regional Office
$12,953,401
Frog Bayou WMA
Dyer Access
$308,294
Crawford
Crittenden
14
Wildlife Officer
$468,500
Cleveland
Columbia
Department of
Arkansas Heritage
Wildlife Officer
West Memphis City Park
Lake
Marion City Lake
$548,500
Lake Fort Smith
$6,256,401
County
Cross
Arkansas Game and
Fish Commission
Wildlife Officer
St. Francis River
Brushy Creek WMA
Lake Dunn
Lake Austelle
$594,298
Arkansas
State Parks
Parkin
$1,294,844
Village Creek
(St. Francis)
$2,223,321
Wildlife Officer
Ouachita River
$468,500
Dallas
Desha
Morgan Bendway Lake
Kate Adams Lake
Choctaw Island
Arkansas River
Mississippi River
$2,310,283
Drew
Monticello Regional
Office
Wildlife Officer
Seven Devils Swamp
WMA
Cut-off Creek WMA
Lake Monticello
Lake Wallace
Casey Jones Leased WMA
$3,087,725
Faulkner
Hendrix, UCA
educational
cooperative programs
Camp Robinson WDA
Grassy Lake
Woolly Hollow State Park
Spirit Lake
Mayflower Range
Lake Conway
Enforcement Training
Center
Mayflower Field Office
$3,389,650
See Arkansas County
Woolly Hollow
$1,161,251
Department of
Arkansas Heritage
$20,989
$24,518
$37,443
Great Arkansas Cleanup 1999.
2002-07
2006
2000, 2003
$10,550
$3,000
$4,522
1998-2006
2002-06
2003, 2005
$3,420
$23,738
Arkansas Historic Preservation
Program
$5,000
2001
Commission $66,383
$9,000
$19,700
2001, 2003-07
2000-01
$22,494
$158,288
$60,167
Keep Faulkner County
Beautiful
2000-07
2000-07
2000-04
15
County
Franklin
Arkansas Game and
Fish Commission
Arkansas
State Parks
Wildlife Officer
Fort Chaffee
Darby Lake
$475,700
Department of
Arkansas Heritage
Commission $44,857
$1,650
$14,432
2000-07
2002, 2004, 2006
2000-01, 2003-04
Spring River State Fish
Hatchery
Cold Springs
Fish delivery trucks
Spring River
$9,466,979
Mammoth Spring
$1,394,229
Commission $480
$480
2004-07
Wildlife Officer
Andrew Hulsey State Fish
Hatchery
Lake Ouachita
Lake Hamilton
Hot Springs Regional
Office
$4,425,244
Lake Ouachita
$2,286,835
$24,558
$288,853
Hot Springs/Garland County
Beautification Commission
1998-2007
2000-07
2000-04
Wildlife Officer
$514,798
Jenkins’ Ferry
$91,166
$984
1998-2002
Greene
W.E. Brewer-Scatter
Creek WMA
Reynolds Lake
Scatter Creek Shooting
Range
$1,089,866
Crowley’s Ridge
$826,058
Lake Frierson
$457,957
$1,000
$6,886
2007
2003-04
Historic Washington
$3,461,366
Commission $49,027
$20,733
$121,370
Hempstead
Wildlife Officer
Bois D’Arc WMA
Rick Evans/Grandview
Prairie WMA
Ozan WMA
Hope City Park Lake
Hope Regional Office
$8,688,351
Jack Mountain shooting
range
Ouachita River
Lake Catherine
$51,445
DeGray (Clark)
$12,836,669
Lake Catherine
$2,462,421
$3,720
1998-2007
2000-01
Fulton
Garland
Grant
Hot Spring
16
County
Howard
Arkansas Game and
Fish Commission
Wildlife Officer
Dierks Lake
$506,500
Arkansas
State Parks
Cossatot River (Polk)
$4,838,392
Jackson
Jefferson
Johnson
Commission $74,405
$2,000
$28,086
1998-2006
2007
$46,566
$127,575
Program
$5,000
1999-2000, 2002, 2004-06
2000-02
2001-03
Commission $32,365
$1,000
$12,592
2001-02
2007
$4,625
$11,016
Keep Newport Beautiful
1998-2002, 2004-07
2000-07
Wildlife Officer
Bayou Bartholomew
Lake Pine Bluff
Gov. Mike Huckabee
Delta Rivers Nature
Center
Cannon Brake
Arkansas River
$7,736,934
Commission $16,629
$27,007
$20,833
$278,072
Pine Bluff/Jefferson County
Clean and Beautiful
1998-2007
2000-07
2000-04
Big Piney Creek
Little Piney Creek
Lake Dardanelle
Horsehead Creek
Piney Bay
Johnson County
Waterfowl Rest Area
Arkansas River
$456,544
Commission $307
$5,850
1998-2006
2002
2001-02
DePartee Creek Lake
project
White River
Black River
Independence
Row Lake
Jamestown WMA
Cherokee Leased WMA
$321,920
Izard
Department of
Arkansas Heritage
Strawberry River
Crown Lake
Calico Rock Regional
Office
Strawberry River
White River
$850,095
Wildlife Officer
White River
Boat Ramps/Access
$540,126
Jacksonport
$1,291,887
17
County
Lafayette
Lawrence
Lee
Arkansas Game and
Fish Commission
Arkansas
State Parks
Department of
Arkansas Heritage
Lake June
Lafayette County Leased
WMA
$176,099
Conway Cemetary
$109,504
Commission $25,169
$8,115
2004
Shirey Bay/Rainey Brake
WMA
Lake Charles
Black River
Spring River
Strawberry River
$610,007
Lake Charles
$1,325,445
Powhatan Historic
$1,420,524
$13,727
$23,032
$2,902
2001-02, 2004-06
2002-04
2002-04
St. Francis River
Wildlife Officer
St. Francis Forest WMA
Mississippi River Access
$468,500
Mississippi River
$2,500
See Monroe County
$13,450
$6,826
2005
2000-01, 2003, 2005-07
Cane Creek Lake Trail
$40,333
Cane Creek
$984,411
Wildlife Officer
Lake Millwood
Little River
Gum Flats Leased WMA
Red River
$688,504
Millwood
$868,762
Commission $71,375
$2,100
$5,426
$1,840
1998-2002, 2004-07
2003, 2006-07
Blue Mountain WDA
Mount Magazine
$291,315
Mt. Magazine
$2,486,511
$14,933
Heritage Grants
$23,901
$3,951
2006-07
Sproles/Pickthorne Lake
Wildlife Officer
Holland Bottoms WMA
Joe Hogan Hatchery
Plum Bayou
England Community
Pond
UAPB Farm Pond
$2,460,624
Toltec Mounds
$752,370
Commission $4,966
$4,500
$26,680
$11,950
2000, 2002-07
2000-07
2000, 2002-03
2001-07
2006
Lincoln
Little River
Logan
Lonoke
18
County
Arkansas Game and
Fish Commission
Arkansas
State Parks
Department of
Arkansas Heritage
Madison County WMA
Hobbs Estate WMA
Hindsville Lake
$705,744
Withrow Springs
$1,821,135
See Benton County
$11,200
$12,596
2000-01, 2004
2000-01, 2004
See Baxter County
Marion
Wildlife Officer
Crooked Creek
Bull Shoals Lake
Fred Berry Conservation
Education Center
White River
$2,306,835
$11,080
2004-07
Miller
Sulphur River WMA
First Old River
Mercer Bayou
Lake June
Henry Moore Waterfowl
Rest Area
Red River
Sulphur River
$2,317,784
Commission $27,135
$10,540
$256,641
2001, 2007
2006-07
2000-01, 2004
Madison
Mississippi
Monroe
Montgomery
Nevada
Simmons Field
Big Lake WMA
High Line Levee
Mississippi River Access
$1,924,717
Hampson Museum
$157,523
Herman Davis
$60,306
$9,320
$25,329
1998-2002, 2004-07
2006-2007
Brinkley Regional Office
Lake Greenlee
Dagmar levee
White River
$3,921,938
Louisiana Purchase
(Phillips and Lee)
$33,075
Commission $130,993
$12,510
$240
1998-2001, 2004
Commission $4,582
$14,654
2000, 2003-04
Commission $40,436
$2,847
$1,564
2000-07
2000, 2003
Wildlife Officer
Lake Ouachita
Muddy Creek WMA
$590,745
Wildlife Officer
Little Missouri River
$527,473
White Oak Lake
(Ouachita)
$1,604,703
19
County
Newton
Arkansas Game and
Fish Commission
Arkansas
State Parks
Wildlife Officer
Gene Rush-Buffalo River
WMA
Buffalo National River
Ponca Elk Education
Center
$9,458,052
Ouachita
Poison Springs WMA
Lower White Oak Lake
Camden Regional Office
Bragg Lake
Camden Mills/Howard
Farm
Ouachita River
$1,951,200
Perry
Harris Brake WMA
Harris Brake Dam
Winona WMA
Coffee Creek
Boat Ramps/Access
$298,023
Poinsett
20
Commission $764.66
2004-05
$28,202
KAB Statewide Conference 2001,
2004
$2,000
$960
Poison Spring
$109,758
See Nevada County
Commission $156
2001-02
2002-07
2005
St. Francis Forest WMA
Helena Ramp
Old Town Lake
$99,470
See Arkansas, Lee and
Monroe counties
Commission $24,000
Delta Cultural Center
$3,991,998
Program
$1,076,044
Heritage Grants
$83,762
$34,184
2004-05, 2007
Lake Greeson
Glenwood City Lake
Caddo River
$122,393
Crater of Diamonds
$3,817,416
Daisy
$2,082,914
Commission $133
$240
2000-02, 2004-07
2007
2000-04
Earl Buss-Bayou Deview
WMA
Lake Hogue
St. Francis River
St. Francis Sunken Lands
WMA
$618,582
Lake Poinsett
$312,551
Commission $38
$4,000
$6,285
1998-2002, 2004-07
2004-07
2003-04
Phillips
Pike
Department of
Arkansas Heritage
County
Arkansas Game and
Fish Commission
Arkansas
State Parks
Department of
Arkansas Heritage
Wildlife Officer
Caney Creek WMA
Lake Wilhelmina
Ouachita National Forest
Ouachita River
$793,530
Queen Wilhelmina
$2,216,914
See Howard County
Commission $91,837
$3,208
$22,533
1998-2007
Lake Atkins
Lake Dardanelle
Russellville Regional
Office
Galla Creek
$821,755
Lake Dardanelle (Yell)
$4,433,903
Commission $84
$12,649
$48,143
$59,082
1998-2007
2004, 2007
2004-06
2001-04
Lower White River
Museum
$298,821
Prairie
Mammoth Pond
Raft Creek Bottoms
Cache River
White River
Horseshoe Lake
Mike Freeze Wattensaw
WMA
$1,901,380
Commission $25,573
$1,740
1998-2000, 2003
Pinnacle Mountain
$2,492,918
Plantation Agriculture
Museum
$714,413
Pulaski
Wildlife Officer
Coleman Creek-LR Zoo
Lake Maumelle
Arkansas River
Holland Bottoms WMA
Alltel-North Little Rock
Access
Terry Lock & Dam
Maurice Lewis
Auditorium
Witt Stephens Jr. Central
Arkansas Nature
Center
Exhibits at Little Rock
Headquarters
$5,085,422
Commission $683,392
Old State House Museum
$2,108,408
Historic Arkansas Museum
$3,572,296
Heritage Grants
$364,867
$1,708,146
Keep America Beautiful
Affiliates:
Keep Jacksonville Beautiful,
Keep Little Rock Beautiful,
Keep Sherwood Beautiful
1998-2007
2000-07
2001-04
Dave Donaldson-Black
River WMA
Current River
Eleven Point River
Mill Lake
$1,288,273
Historic Davidsonville
$444,724
$1,500
$51,786
1999-2000, 2002-04, 2007
2000-04
2004
2000, 04
Polk
Pope
Randolph
21
County
Saline
Scott
Arkansas Game and
Fish Commission
Sevier
22
Department of
Arkansas Heritage
Saline River
Lake Norrell
Benton Fisheries Office
Benton City Pier
$89,727
Arkansas Historic
$3,500
Commission $53,148
$902
$1,000
$15,316
2001-02, 2004, 2006-07
2000-01, 2004-07
2000-04
Wildlife Officer
Fourche LaFave River
Lake Hinkle
$468,500
Commission $168
1998-2002, 2007
2007
Buffalo River
Loafer’s Glory WMA
$66,651
Commission $5,000
$2,681
$35,207
$3,704
2000-04
Fort Chaffee
Lake Jack Nolen
Sugarloaf Lake
Fort Smith Regional
Office
Janet Huckabee Arkansas
River Valley Nature
Center
$8,533,174
Commission $715.98
Program
$120,000
$36,695
$23,860
$174,777
1998-2002, 2004-07
2001-06
2000-05
Millwood Lake
Provo Leased WMA
$102,337
$5,080
1998-2007
2006-07
2001-02
Searcy
Sebastian
Arkansas
State Parks
County
Arkansas Game and
Fish Commission
Arkansas
State Parks
Strawberry River
Harold Alexander WMA
$93,525
Sharp
St. Francis
Stone
Union
Van Buren
Washington
Department of
Arkansas Heritage
Commission $8,305
$700
$2,190
Arkansas Historic
$1,642
2000-02, 2004, 2006
2002-04
Wildlife Officer
Pine Tree Road/tract
St. Francis River
$609,250
See Cross County
Arkansas Arts Council/
$7,726
$5,800
2000, 2003-04, 2007
White River
Sylamore WMA
Mirror Lake
Cherokee Leased WMA
$551,069
Ozark Folk Center
$2,674,192
Commission $15,935
$5,906
$14,119
1998-2006
2000-01, 2004, 2006-07
2004
Calion Lake
Felsenthal NWR
Ouachita River
Benjamin Lake
Beryl Anthony WMA
$702,255
Arkansas Museum of
Natural Resources
$1,978,383
Commission $523
$12,090
$19,670
$204,825
Arkansas Historic
$5,000
2003, 2006
2000, 2003
$8,550
$60,759
Arkansas Historic
$2,000
1998-2007
2002-07
2001-04
Commission $20,002
Heritage Grants
$154,083
$494,495
1998-2007
2000-07
2002-04
Gulf Mountain WMA
Greers Ferry Lake
Little Red River
Cherokee Leased WMA
$1,244,619
Lake Elmdale
Wedington Unit
Lake Bob Kidd
Illinois River
White River
$98,274
Devil’s Den
$6,469,070
Prairie Grove
$4,371,600
23
County
White
Woodruff
Yell
Statewide
TOTALS
24
Arkansas Game and
Fish Commission
Arkansas
State Parks
Department of
Arkansas Heritage
Lake Barnett
Wildlife Officer
Steve N. Wilson Raft
Creek Bottoms WMA
Henry Gray-Hurricane
Lake WMA
Little Red River
$2,870,751
$6,395
$31,034
1998-2007
2003, 2005-07
2000, 2003-04
Gray’s Landing
Rex Hancock-Black
Swamp WMA
$32,230
Commission $18,626
$2,900
$1,730
1998-2000, 2004-07
2004-07
Dardanelle Dam
Tailwaters
Petit Jean WMA
Nimrod WMA
Muddy Creek WMA
Pullen Pond
Moist Soil Units
$771,509
Mt. Nebo
$2,446,934
See Pope County
Commission $630
$1,000
$11,240
1998-2000, 2002-07
Equipment Purchases
($27,025,162)
Habitat Improvements
and Non-Game
($14,758,810)
Educational Programs
($12,525,756)
Information Technology
($7,544,901)
Program Administration
($6,420,280)
General Administration
($4,197,339)
$72,472,248
Capital Equipment
$13,234,572
Operations
$56,869,148
Marketing, Public Information
and Education $5,650,759
Administration - salaries and
benefits $540,736
Administration - other
$1,232,035
Program Expenses:
Administration and Operations
$1,471,571
Education, Information
and Activities $2,859,980
Total $4,331,551
$205,325,741
Program Benefits:
Donation Value,
Products, Services
$739,052
Donation Value,
Education, Publicity
$4,550,930
Volunteer Participation Value
$24,438,395
Total $29,738,377
$182,591,504
$23,306,985
$4,331,551

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