Arkansas State Parks Trip Ideas Park Mississippi River Village Creek Region Lower Delta Southwest [X] Upper Delta Park Activity Trail Type Trail Difficulty Author Arkansas State Parks Staff Bonnie Marberry Cathy Combs Elizabeth Kimble Grady Spann Jason Parrie Joe Jacobs Kara Helton Kelly Farrell Kristina Root Maggie Howard Mary Buchman Matt Manos Megan Ayres Moore Meg Matthews Monika Rued Pearl Jangjiravat Rachel Lewis Robin Gabe Sarah Reap Sasha Bowles Tara Gillanders Zoie Clift [X] Cara Curtis [X] Heather Runyan Date Published June 2021 January 2021 November 2020 June 2020 Educator Lesson: Taste of the Land Mississippi River State Park Jun 2021 ⁄ Cara Curtis In this short video, join Park Interpreter Cara for a virtual experience using a cast-iron Dutch oven to create a squirrel and rice meal. By exploring the story of this regional comfort food, you’ll see that each ingredient reflects how past communities used the land that became Mississippi River State Park. While the food cooks, you’ll even travel to different locations... Photo Essay: Stories in Stones Jan 2021 ⁄ Heather Runyan Village Creek State Park is located in east Arkansas on Crowley’s Ridge. This park exists to help protect the unique natural, cultural, and historical resources of the ridge, including things like fossils. The fossils found at Village Creek State Park tell the story of this unique land. In this photo essay, we will take a closer look. Photo Essay: Life in a Rotten Log Nov 2020 ⁄ Heather Runyan Village Creek State Park is a 7,000-acre park located in northeast Arkansas. The park’s mission is to protect and conserve the natural, cultural, and historical resources of Crowley’s Ridge. We have an unusual ally in protecting our natural resources: the rotten logs of the forest floor. Where many people see a rotting log as an eyesore, many creatures see it as the key to... Video: Deer at Dusk Jun 2020 ⁄ Heather Runyan Village Creek State Park offers a chance for survival to many white-tailed deer. Natural resources that are protected here give the deer plenty of spaces to make their homes. The wide variety of plants that grow here provide the deer with food. Also, deer, like all wildlife in the park, are protected from hunting and harassment. All these things together mean that our deer...
Educator Lesson: Taste of the Land Mississippi River State Park Jun 2021 ⁄ Cara Curtis In this short video, join Park Interpreter Cara for a virtual experience using a cast-iron Dutch oven to create a squirrel and rice meal. By exploring the story of this regional comfort food, you’ll see that each ingredient reflects how past communities used the land that became Mississippi River State Park. While the food cooks, you’ll even travel to different locations...
Photo Essay: Stories in Stones Jan 2021 ⁄ Heather Runyan Village Creek State Park is located in east Arkansas on Crowley’s Ridge. This park exists to help protect the unique natural, cultural, and historical resources of the ridge, including things like fossils. The fossils found at Village Creek State Park tell the story of this unique land. In this photo essay, we will take a closer look.
Photo Essay: Life in a Rotten Log Nov 2020 ⁄ Heather Runyan Village Creek State Park is a 7,000-acre park located in northeast Arkansas. The park’s mission is to protect and conserve the natural, cultural, and historical resources of Crowley’s Ridge. We have an unusual ally in protecting our natural resources: the rotten logs of the forest floor. Where many people see a rotting log as an eyesore, many creatures see it as the key to...
Video: Deer at Dusk Jun 2020 ⁄ Heather Runyan Village Creek State Park offers a chance for survival to many white-tailed deer. Natural resources that are protected here give the deer plenty of spaces to make their homes. The wide variety of plants that grow here provide the deer with food. Also, deer, like all wildlife in the park, are protected from hunting and harassment. All these things together mean that our deer...
