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nesting outside of the White River National Wildlife 
Refuge, as this is the only area in the state surveyed 
thoroughly for breeding individuals. In addition, we 
recommend Arkansas develop a survey and moni¬ 
toring program similar to that developed in Texas 
(Shackelford and Simons 2000) to ascertain the 
species’ status throughout Arkansas. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, through a State Wildlife Grant, and 
the Arkansas Audubon Society Trust funded portions of this 
project. We are grateful for support by R. E. Hines and the 
WRNWR staff. J. E. Cely, J. O. Coulson, K. D. Meyer, and 
B. A. Millsap provided valuable information and insight 
throughout this project. Comments by N. M. Anich, J. O. 
Coulson, E. T. Macchia. and P. W. Sykes Jr. improved 
earlier versions of this manuscript. We thank Bradley 
Bawden, Brian Cannon. N. L. Chiavacci, W. D. Edwards, J. 
L. Everitts, Brian Gill, Y. R. Mensing-Solick, W. D. Reed, 
M. A. Reed, Sabine Schaefer, Rebecca Schneider, and J. R. 
Wynn for field assistance. We also thank persons that 
reported observations throughout this study. 
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