LITTLE ROCK — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is awarding a $2.8 million contract to build visitor stations and a maintenance building at three national wildlife refuges in Arkansas.
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the grants Thursday for the projects in central Arkansas.
Visitors stations will be built at Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge in White County, Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge near Turrell in Crittenden County and Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge near Manila in Mississippi County. A maintenance building will also be built at Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
The existing buildings will be demolished.
Arkansas, Pages 20 on 07/25/2010