Brent Birch stands at the crossroads of conservation, community leadership and Arkansas’s outdoor heritage. A lifelong Arkansas waterfowler with more than four decades in the field, Brent is deeply involved in the science, culture and future of
waterfowl and wetlands conservation. With a strong network across East Arkansas and a great eye for what a property can truly become, he guides his clients to make smart, confident land investments.

Brent is widely known in the waterfowl world as a storyteller, advocate, and organizer. He is the author of The Grand Prairie: A History of Duck Hunting’s Hallowed Ground, founder of Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine, and co-host of The Standard Sportsman podcast, a nationally respected show focused on waterfowl hunting, management and conservation. He also serves in a leadership role as a board member and executive committee member with the Arkansas Game & Fish Foundation and numerous conservation initiatives that support habitat, research and the next generation of hunters.

In 2025, Brent was elected to the Arkansas Waterfowler Hall of Fame and awarded the Arkansas Wildlife Federation’s Rex Hancock Conservation Advocate Award. Blending executive leadership experience with a lifetime afield, Brent brings a unique ability to connect history, conservation, and sporting culture with an eye toward sustaining waterfowl and the traditions surrounding them for future generations.

Brent is a partner in a rice and soybean operation in Arkansas County near Humphrey, where his connection to the land goes far beyond ownership. A true hands-on steward, he works side by side with the tenant farmer while leading the design and implementation of strategic habitat plans that support the farm’s diverse habitat. His deep, working knowledge of conservation is matched by extensive experience collaborating with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and its programs to create meaningful, lasting habitat improvements.

A former Razorback baseball pitcher, Brent earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Arkansas, where he was a four-year letterman and 1990 SWC Champion. He previously served as Executive Director of the Little Rock Technology Park, where he spent the past decade in commercial real estate, leading a $30 million public-private economic development project.

He lives in Little Rock with his wife, Mollie, and his trusted retriever, Tate, and their doodle, Gary, after raising four now-grown children.