COME TALK ABOUT DUCK HABITAT!
“Field Set Aside” Field Day
Arkansas USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service-Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) Program

Sitka Scholars
The University of Arkansas at Monticello Graduate Certificate Program in Waterfowl Habitat and Recreation Management Program 2022-2023 Class has been selected. From left to right:
Eli Stinson (Louisiana Tech), Samantha Spaulding (SUNY-Cobleskill), Elijah Wojohn (LSU), Clayton Ernzen (Michigan State)
Congratulations Grads!
Congratulations to the first class of graduates of the University of Arkansas at Monticello Graduate Certificate Program in Waterfowl Habitat and Recreation Management Program. From left to right:
Delanie Warren
Katherine Allen
Brandon Bennett
Cole Howard

Research Priorities
Five Oaks Ag Research and Education Center will be a leader in the research of bottomland hardwood forest ecosystems using the life history requirements of the mallard duck as indicators of the health of the ecosystem.

Research Priorities
will include but may not be limited to:
Research Priorities
will include but may not be limited to:

Improving

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Increasing

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Rate of the Red Oak

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Rate of the Red Oak

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Increasing

Educational Priorities
Five Oaks Ag Research and Education Center will offer a unique learning environment for students of forestry, agriculture, and natural resource management. It will also provide opportunities for conservation and wildlife habitat professionals, and private landowners, to observe and understand contemporary science-based methods and strategies for preserving and improving the wetland ecosystem within the Mississippi Alluvial Valley.

Educational Priorities
Five Oaks Ag Research and Education Center will offer a unique learning environment for students of forestry, agriculture, and natural resource management. It will also provide opportunities for conservation and wildlife habitat professionals, and private landowners, to observe and understand contemporary science-based methods and strategies for preserving and improving the wetland ecosystem within the Mississippi Alluvial Valley.




History of Five Oaks
Five Oaks Duck Lodge, located in the heart of the Mississippi Flyway in Humphrey, Arkansas, was acquired by the Dunklin family in 1983. The entire complex includes more than 6,000 acres of flooded timber and rice fields.
Five Oaks Lodge and the surrounding lands exist in harmony with nature, employing innovative, conscientious land-management practices that promote the health of the land and provide attractive year-round habitat for migratory and wintering waterfowl. Five Oaks owner George H. Dunklin, Jr. and his team have put decades of research and scientific study into the nurturing relationship between waterfowl and habitat, and the Five Oaks land-management plans have a national reputation for success.


History of Five Oaks
Five Oaks Duck Lodge, located in the heart of the Mississippi Flyway in Humphrey, Arkansas, was acquired by the Dunklin family in 1983. The entire complex includes more than 6,000 acres of flooded timber and rice fields.



George Dunklin
Founder and President
FOAgREC Board Member

Dale Hall
Vice President
FOAgREC Board Member

Ted Dickey
Secretary-Treasurer
FOAgREC Board Member

Jody Pagan
Chair of
FOAgREC Research Committee

Doug Osborne, Ph.D
Program Director
FOAgREC
The Mississippi Flyway




Vision and Mission
Vision Statement
Our vision is to sustain the life history requirements of mallard ducks in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley through healthy hardwood stands and other wetland complexes, and consistently offer the nation’s highest quality waterfowl hunting experiences on both private and publicly held properties.
Mission Statement
The mission of Five Oaks Ag Research and Education Center is to sustain and increase a vanishing bottomland hardwood forest ecosystem using the life history requirements of the mallard duck as indicators of the health of the ecosystem, and develop scientific professionals and guide public and private forest management to increase this critical wetland ecosystem complex.
– Dale Hall,
Vice President of FOAgREC and
Former CEO of Ducks Unlimited