He used a background of executive leadership with Wal-Mart to promote the creation of a notable trout fishery on the White River below Beaver Dam. He serves as a board member of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and has been an Arkansas Game and Fish Commissioner and board member of the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation.

Richenback learned the basics of duck calling from the legendary Chick Major, as did many Stuttgart youngsters. Richenback stuck with Major in learning how to make duck calls as well as how to use them. He built the successful Rich-N-Tone company but kept a focus on teaching and encouraging young people in the sport of duck hunting and in duck calling in particular. He has served as Stuttgart’s mayor as well as head of its Boys and Girls Club.

Named for a former president’s wife, grew up fishing in south Arkansas streams as the youngest of 11 children, then followed her education at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to a career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Today, she is assistant director of the agency and is in charge of its fisheries and habitat conservation operations. She is a native of Wilmot in Ashley County.

Hopper quickly moved to the top as a part of the Ranger Boats team under Forrest L. Wood. He has carried out the company’s long-time slogan of “We still build them one at a time.” He uses his time and energies to promote fishing and outdoor activities for everyone, but especially for youth. He has done this not only in Arkansas, but worldwide.

Huckabee has been an “enthusiast” her entire life so it was only “Natural” she became an instant champion for the Conservation Sales Tax in 1996. With the passage of Amendment 75, funding for the preservation of our state’s natural and cultural resources became a reality.

Grisham has selected artists and artwork for the Arkansas duck stamp and print program since 1982. The program has raised millions of dollars to improve wetlands and purchase critical wildlife habitat and has become the most successful in the nation.

The Central Fishing Club at Springdale Central Junior High School was the forerunner of Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs (HOFNOD). Duncan came up with the idea in the early 1980s and HOFNOD became a nationwide program. Today’s growing HOFNOD program used Duncan’s Central Fishing Club as a model.

The person who launched the Arkansas Outdoor Hall of Fame has been pushed from behind the scenes into the limelight. Steve Smith of Little Rock, president of the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation, has been added to three other 2003 inductees into the select group by the foundation’s board of directors. Smith has been with the foundation nearly 13 years and was named president in 1998.

Jones’ wildlife art is unique, with many paintings using ghosted superimposed images blended together to tell a story. A self-trained artist, she has blossomed into a leader among artists who specialize in wildlife subjects. In 2003-04, she was selected to provide the artwork for the 2003-04 Arkansas Waterfowl Hunting Stamp, the first Arkansan ever selected.

As a biologist, he was a key player in the development of a system of fish nursery ponds, in introducing trout into waters where cold water from dams had wiped out native fish, in introducing striped bass and in widespread stocking of channel catfish to boost angling opportunities. In the late 1960s, Hulsey was elevated to assistant director of the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission then became director in 1969. Hulsey served as Commission director for 10 years.