Commission accepts land donations for future Mississippi River access

LITTLE ROCK – Commissioners with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission today authorized the agency’s director to accept three donated land parcels, totaling just over three acres, along the Mississippi River in Chicot County. The land is located near the site of the old Greenville Bridge southeast of Lake Village and will be used to construct a boat ramp on the river.
Farmers Grain Terminal, Inc. of Greenville, Mississippi, donated a .45-acre tract and signed a quitclaim deed to the AGFC for 2.23 acres. Billy and Deborah Stobaugh of El Dorado also donated a .35-acre tract at the site.
The Commission also:

*Authorized the Director to complete negotiations, and allow opportunity for public comment, on oil and gas lease agreements with Southwestern Energy Co., Inc. on AGFC lands in Pope and Cleburne counties. The proposed leases will cover 59.4 mineral acres on Rainey WMA in Pope County and two acres on the Dripping Springs Access in Cleburne County. Under the proposed terms, the AGFC will receive an annual $500 lease bonus per mineral acre on each property. On the Dripping Springs Access, the AGFC would receive a one-eighth royalty payment. On the Raney WMA property, the AGFC would receive a one-sixteenth royalty payment. Both leases would be for five year terms.

*Authorized the agency’s director, on behalf of the AGFC, to reconstruct a building on Camp Robinson SUA that was destroyed in the April 27 tornado. The tornado destroyed several structures, barn, kennel, residence, sheds and 300 acres of timber on the SUA.

*Approved a land exchange between the AGFC and the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority at the Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center in Sebastian County. The AGFC will exchange nine acres for 36.85 acres owned by the redevelopment authority.

*Accepted a donation of 2.07 acres along Horseshoe Lake in Crittenden County south of West Memphis. The land is being donated by Tree Top, LLC of Hughes. The land will be used for public boating access to the lake.

*Honored 18 AGFC employees for their years of service to the state.