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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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Video: Peace and Relaxation on Cedar Creek Trail 

Cedar Creek Trail is one of Petit Jean State Park’s many scenic trails. Constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the early 1930s, this trail's rock steps and bluffs offer a moderate...
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Meeting Martha: The Last Passenger Pigeon

In this video, meet Park Interpreter Chris Pistole from Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area and hear the story of the namesake of the park’s Pigeon Roost Trail. Located next to Beaver Lake in the Oz...
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Kylee Cole

Kylee is a park interpreter at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park. After receiving her MA in History from Colorado State University, Kylee returned home to northwest Arkansas to share her love of hi...