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Jason Baumgartner

Jason is the park aquarist at Lake Dardanelle State Park. He cares for the fish on display and maintains the aquarium exhibits inside the visitor center. He also facilitates the catch and release prog...
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Lake Dardanelle State Park Aqua-Escape

Escape to Lake Dardanelle State Park’s largest aquarium exhibit and see some of our native fish from a unique underwater perspective. Inside Lake Dardanelle State Park Visitor Center&nb...
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Jonathan Wirges

Jonathan Wirges joined Arkansas State Parks as an interpreter in the spring of 2015. He is currently stationed at Mount Magazine State Park, enjoying the many trails and diverse wildlife that call the...
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Animal Crossroads Video

Mount Magazine State Park is crisscrossed by over 15 miles of trails, connecting beautiful overlooks, tranquil forests, and the highest point in the state. Visitors from all over find their way across...
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Promethea Silkmoth Video

Lake Fort Smith State Park in western Arkansas offers a variety of habitats for many different wild creatures. The forest here is a perfect home for the extraordinarily large promethea silkmoth, Callo...
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Zachary Fisher

Zachary Fisher is a park interpreter at Bull Shoals-White River State Park in north-central Arkansas. His passions have always connected him to the outdoors, embracing the fact that there is always so...
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Photo Essay: A Closer Look 

While we often anticipate hiking towards a specific destination on the trail—perhaps a clearing with a view or a streamside bench for a picnic spot—we have a tendency to overlook the subtle,...
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Jeanette Larson

Jeanette Larson assists and manages more than 50 contract craft interpreters at the Ozark Folk Center State Park, in Mountain View, Arkansas. OFC was established in 1973 to perpetuate the Oz...
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Creative Mulching for Spring Gardens 

Many people are gardening now for the first time, or more seriously than ever before. Seed choice, planting dates, soil composition, and bed types are all important factors. After you figure...
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