The governor campaigned for the constitutional amendment in 1996 with a highly publicized trip on the Arkansas River in his bass boat from Forth Smith to where the river empties into the Mississippi River in Southeast Arkansas. Not On Drugs program in public schools across the state as a joint effort of the governor's office, the state Department of Education and the Game and Fish Commission. The program provides Arkansas students with an alternative to using drugs by learning to fish with adult mentors. The natural thrill of catching that first fish can never be matched by illegal drugs. In 1997, Huckabee was named as the American Sportfishing Association's national man of the year.
Crooked Creek is recognized as one of the top streams for smallmouth bass in the country.
Huckabee and the others will be inducted at a banquet on Friday, Oct. 20. I love the Arkansas outdoors and am proud I've been able to make a small contribution to preserving it. I'm among giants when you consider the past inductees. It's significan that three of them are the individuals who played such a large role in the passage of Amendment 75, securing the future of Arkansas conservation. They will make our induction banquet another attractive, successful event for all Arkansas.