ABWEP Zones

Have a question? If you need speak with your zone supervisor, begin by finding your zone on the map below. Feel free to reach out to your zone supervisor at any time by phone or email. Just click on your zone below and click on the phone number or email listed to contact us directly.

 
 

Last year, there were 454,506.5 acres of cotton field farmland in Arkansas. 2,171 traps in total.

 
 

 

ABWEP Office Contacts:

Regina Coleman standing in front of cotton field

Regina Coleman, Executive Director

(870) 692-6368

rcoleman@abwep.org

Katie Watts, Administrative Assistant

(870) 572-9655

kwatts@abwep.org

Are you a Grower?

 Our eradication program operates by the mapping, trapping, and control of the boll weevil. Since enacting this program, we’ve now successfully eradicated the amount of boll weevils in our state and continue our operations of preventing their return and protecting the growers’ investment.

Ridge Zone

Last year, there were 82,059.8 acres of cotton field farmland touching 12 counties. 434 traps in total.

Ridge Zone counties in purple

Zone Supervisor:

Jordan Schwantz in white collard shirt in front of cotton field

Delta Zone

Last year, there were 152,893.8 acres of cotton field farmland touching 2 counties. 514 traps in total.

Delta Zone counties in green

Zone Supervisor:

Jacob Schwantz

870-740-8537

jacobs@abwep.org


Central Zone

Last year, there were 133,886.5 acres of cotton field farmland touching 12 counties. 672 traps in total.

Central Zone counties in yellow

Zone Supervisor:

Linda Kelley in white collard shirt in front of cotton field

Southeast Zone

Last year, there were 112,973 acres of cotton field farmland touching 9 counties. 556 traps in total.

 
Southeast Zone counties in red

Zone Supervisors:

Brenda Newsom in white collard shirt in front of cotton field

Brenda Newsom

Northern Half

870-209-1451

bnewsom@abwep.org

 
Karen Byrd in white collard shirt in front of cotton field

Karen Byrd

Southern Half

870-692-6364

kbyrd@abwep.org


Southwest Zone

Last year, there were 3916.6 acres of cotton field farmland touching 7 counties. 71 field traps in total.

Southwest Zone counties in blue

Zone Supervisor:

Jordan Schwantz in white collard shirt in front of cotton field