AGFC to Host Early Bird Workshops for Women in the Outdoors

By Justin Stakes

Little Rock, AR -(AmmoLand.com)- The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is hosting a series of bird watching hikes in April and May for women interested in learning more about the outdoors.

These birding excursions are part of the AGFC’s Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program, which has introduced hundreds of ladies to the outdoors and offered them a way to share their experiences in outdoor recreation.

The AGFC’s regular Becoming an Outdoors-Woman workshop, scheduled in fall, is a weekend of total immersion in the outdoors for beginners, but these sort of events, titled “Beyond BOW” workshops are a bit less structured and time-consuming for participants.

“Beyond BOW is just a great way for ladies to continue enjoying the outdoors in a group,” said Sarah Baxter, BOW coordinator for the AGFC. “Many ladies attend BOW, but don’t have anyone to go with after that weekend. This gives them more opportunities to make connections with other people interested in the outdoors.”

Beyond BOW events usually are reserved for ladies who have attended a previous BOW workshop to learn the basics, but Baxter says these birding excursions are different.

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