More than 86 percent of Arkansas now in some form of drought

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     LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – More than 86 percent of Arkansas is in some form of drought, forcing ranchers to use hay earlier than planned to feed cattle and duck guide services to pump water into their fields.

     The U.S. Drought Monitor shows all but far north Arkansas in conditions ranging from abnormally dry to severe drought. The driest areas are in southwestern Arkansas and a small portion of southeastern Arkansas. The area south of a line from Fort Smith to Jonesboro is rated as in moderate drought.

     Duck Down Guide Service co-owner Tiffany Henderson in Altheimer told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that water has been pumped onto 4,000 acres to provide habitat for migrating ducks ahead of the Nov. 19 opening of duck season.

     Also, county judges in 15 counties have issued burn bans.




   


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