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Kayaking at Lake Charles State Park

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  • Tara Gillanders

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Photo Essay: Creek Crawl 

Feb 2021
  ⁄  
Kara Helton

Located in northeast Arkansas on Crowley’s Ridge, Village Creek State Park encompasses nearly 7,000 acres with steep forested hills and creek-fed valleys. Part of our mission is to protect the park’s natural resources, and one way for park staff to do that is to monitor the biodiversity of our creeks. Since our creeks provide water to most of the park, when it is time to...

A panoramic view looking down the creek’s banks, near the park’s Big Ben Nature Trail

Winter on the Ridge

Mar 2016
  ⁄  
Tara Gillanders

Winter may seem an unlikely season to go exploring outdoors, but it really can be amazing. This is the time of year to experience the geologic structure of Crowley’s Ridge in northeast Arkansas.

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