SALIDA — Nothing has really changed on the upper Arkansas River. Yet everything is different. After nearly 30 years of work, the Ark has become an overnight sensation. The formerly unheralded ...

Under a new incentive program, Arkansas fishermen can get paid $100 for every black carp they catch and report to state ...

SHIRLEY — To make a low-water bridge stronger and safer for motorists and outdoor enthusiasts, a crew of fewer than 10 men had to redirect a river.

NATURAL HISTORY ARKANSAS RIVER SHINER } Notropis girardi FAMILY: Cyprinidae DESCRIPTION: The Arkansas River shiner is a robust, diminutive shiner with a small, dorsally flattened head, a rounded snout ...

The management strategy is all about keeping a balance between protecting fish populations, pleasing people, watching the weather and working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on flood control ...

The Arkansas ranked as the favorite river fishing destination in Colorado, according to 2008 and 2012 angler surveys conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is in the midst of its annual fish population survey of the tailwater fishery on the Arkansas River, a process that involves shocking the fish local to an area in order ...

This is your annual reminder: If you fish the Arkansas River in Wichita, limit or don’t eat any bottom-feeding fish you catch. Those fish, which include buffaloes, carps, catfishes, sturgeons ...

Even back in 1952, when it was first extensively collected from the mainstem Arkansas River, it was suspected to be in decline. Today, thanks largely to reservoirs that have flooded, dewatered, ...

An Arkansas Game and Fish Officer was named Officer of the Year after he rescued a girl from the Mississippi River.

The river now has three new channels north of Buena Vista, including one for improved safety for kayaking and whitewater rafting. People can now travel via the river from Leadville to Cañon City ...

After three days of restrictions, Pueblo-area officials have restored recreational access to the Arkansas River. Here's what to know.