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Kayaking at Lake Charles State Park

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Draw with a Park Ranger: Let’s Draw a Raccoon

Aug 2020
  ⁄  
Jonathan Wirges

Raccoons draw attention for both their unique appearance and their antics you might see while camping at Mount Magazine State Park. In the photo essay below, join along as an interpretive park ranger guides you on how to sketch one of these nighttime hunters.

Photo of sketched raccoon

Wings on the Wind

Mar 2016
  ⁄  
Don Simons

As you scan the horizon with a good set of binoculars, there is a variety of wildlife to spot in state parks from hawks and eagles to monarch butterflies and song birds.

Red Tailed Hawk
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