Northwest Arkansas Landowner and Farm Resource Guide
Cleaner Water Together
Watershed and Water Quality Organizations
Beaver Watershed Alliance
What they do: Helps landowners reduce erosion, improve pastures, protect springs/streams, install BMPs, and offers workshops and volunteer programs.
Phone: 479-750-8007
Email: Info@beaverwatershedalliance.org
BEAVER WATER DISTRICT
What they do: Lead source-water protection, watershed education, water-quality programs, and support agricultural stewardship.
Phone: 479-756-3651
Contact: Contact form on website
Illinois River Watershed Partnership
What they do: Provides riparian restoration, watershed education, and landowner outreach in the Illinois River Basin.
Phone: 479 203-7084
Contact: Contact form on website
CONSERVATION PLANNING, SOIL HEALTH, AND COST-SHARE PROGRAMS
Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS – Arkansas)
What they do: Offers conservation planning and cost-share programs (EQIP, CSP), grazing systems support, nutrient management, streambank stabilization, and soil health practices.
Phone: 501-301-3162
Email: amanda.mathis@usda.gov
Benton County Conservation District
What they do: Local conservation assistance, equipment rentals, outreach, pasture programs.
Phone: 479-795-2853
WASHINGTON County Conservation District
What they do: Supports landowner conservation practices, NRCS coordination, and local education.
Phone:
479-718-6371
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS Cooperative Extension Service
What they do: Soil testing, forage testing, weed management, grazing and livestock education, and pasture guidance.
Phone:
501-671-2000
USDA Forestry Division
What they do: Timber and forest stand improvement guidance, woodland management, wildfire readiness, and forest health programs.
CONTACT:
INFORMATION ON WEBSITE
WILDLIFE HABITAT AND LAND MANAGEMENT
ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH COMISSION
What they do: Habitat plans, pollinator habitat, quail/turkey habitat, forest recommendations, and wildlife assistance.
Phone: 833-345-0325
NORTHWEST Arkansas Private Lands Biologist
What they do: Technical assistance and advice managing wildlife. Private lands biologists offer recommendations for wildlife habitat based on your conservation objectives.
Bailey Coffelt
Email: Bailey.Coffelt@agfc.ar.gov
Phone: 501-631-1746
Quail Forever – Arkansas
What they do: Habitat planning, native grasses, pollinator establishment, and wildlife-friendly farming.
Phone: 1-877-773-2070
