JONESBORO, Ark.— Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today announced that she has appointed Steve Kueter of Paragould as the newest member of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Kueter will serve a seven-year term. Kueter’s seven-year term will last until 2033. He is replacing outgoing Commission Chairwoman Anne Marie Doramus, and Rob Finley will serve as the Commission Chairman.
"Steve has spent his life helping steward our natural resources while preserving our state's rich outdoor heritage for future generations," said Governor Sanders. "As a lifelong outdoorsman and third-generation aquaculture farmer, Steve brings decades of experience in conservation, agriculture, and public service and I know he will work tirelessly to enhance and promote access to our great outdoors."
"In my lifetime there have been so many success stories facilitated by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission," said Steve Kueter. "When I was growing up, you had to travel hours away to deer hunt and turkeys were just being reintroduced to the Ozarks. When we deer hunted in North Arkansas, we came back talking about seeing a lone track or the flash of a deer's tail. It wasn't often that you heard of someone harvesting a deer. Today, turkey and deer are abundant throughout most of the state. It is humbling to be appointed by Governor Sanders and entrusted to continue the good work of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and the commissioners who have come before me."
Steve Kueter is a lifelong resident of Greene County and earned a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Management from Arkansas State University. He owns and operates Kueter's Fish Company, Inc., a third-generation catfish and baitfish farm in Paragould.
An avid hunter and fisherman since childhood, Kueter developed a lifelong appreciation for Arkansas' outdoors through time spent hunting and fishing alongside his father, grandfather, and extended family. Today, he continues that tradition with his wife, Emily, their three children, and two grandchildren.
Kueter currently serves on the Board of Directors for Craighead Electric Cooperative Corporation and is president of the Eight Mile Drainage District. He also serves on the Arkansas Catfish Promotion Board, the Greene County Farm Bureau Board, and the Arkansas Bait and Ornamental Fish Growers Association. Previously, he served on the boards of Catfish Farmers of Arkansas and Catfish Farmers of America.
A recognized leader in Arkansas aquaculture, Kueter has represented the state nationally as a two-time Catfish Farmer of the Year and previously served as chairman of the Arkansas Farm Bureau Aquaculture Committee.
