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100 years ago

100 years ago

Karen DeJarnette

Deliberately reducing pond water levels during winter can provide benefits in aquatic weed, fishery and shoreline management in certain situations, according to Scott Jones, small impoundment Extension specialist, Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

The present (Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr.) Commission has never contacted PBICVR to ask, what can we do to help PBICVR or we want you to help on a project we want to do in Pine Bluff.

An effort to reestablish aquatic vegetation in DeGray Lake is yielding positive results, said Scott Jones, small impoundment Extension specialist for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

Students and faculty of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Department of Human Sciences conducted a study abroad program in the East African country of Kenya. The program focused on community service and experiential learning.

Brittini R. Brown, Ph.D, an alumna of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff’s regulatory sciences program, grew up in Augusta. Throughout her formative years, there was no question of where she would one day enroll in college.

Pine Bluff Area Community Foundation announced the nonprofit grant recipients during its annual grant reception Thursday.

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