Arkansas’ Ron Duncan has a Significant Impact on Outdoors

By Vanessa Torres

Arkansas -(Ammoland.com)- Problem: Describe Ron Duncan in one word. Answer: “Results.”

Duncan’s seven-year term on the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission had ended on Tuesday, June 30, and he has made a significant impact on Arkansas resources and people’s enjoyment of them.

Duncan had achieved results years before former Gov. Mike Beebe appointed him to the Commission in 2008. Duncan wound up serving two years as chairman of the Commission after a resignation of another commissioner.

Duncan, a retired public school educator, had made a lasting impact with his creation of The Fishing Club at Springdale’s Central Junior High, a project aimed at students needing a boost and a focus in their early teen years. The concept eventually became the nationwide Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs program.

He was feted with a dinner in Springdale on the evening before his final meeting, and the audience included dozens of men and women ranging in age from early 20s to 40s. They were former members of The Fishing Club. Under Duncan, the club members not only …read more

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