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Zoie Clift
Zoie Clift is a writer for the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism.
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Controlled burns at Pinnacle Mountain State Park begin April 21
(LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) – Trees, tree trimmings and brush will be burned at Pinnacle Mountain State Park as early as Thursday, April 21, 2022, and continuing through next week, depending on weather condit...
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Intimacy of candlelight
Lighting in the 19th century brought families closer together in the domestic space, creating an intimacy that today's electric-driven lighting cannot replicate. This is the theme of our new mini cand...
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Visitor finds 2.38-Carat Diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park
(MURFREESBORO, Ark.) — A regular visitor found a 2.38-carat brown diamond on April 10 at Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park. It is the largest diamond found at the park this year.
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Video: Reading of the Declaration of Independence
In the 19th century, in many towns across the U.S., one of the common things done on the 4th of July was to hold a reading of the Declaration of Independence. It was...
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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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Spring of New Beginnings
At Logoly State Park, Arkansas’s first environmental education state park, we strive to protect and interpret our natural resources. These natural resources are abundant in our park and in our communi...
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Visitor finds 2.38-Carat Diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park
A regular visitor found a 2.38-carat brown diamond on April 10 at Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park. It is the largest diamond found at the park this year.
After more than a deca...
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Tayler Markham
Tayler Markham began her career as a park interpreter at Crater of Diamonds State Park in April 2022. She graduated in the fall of 2021 with a Bachelor's Degree in Geoscience. Tayler enjoys hiking, ca...
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Be prepared. Stay Safe. Enjoy the Park.
The 2024 solar eclipse is a special event in the sky across the whole nation. We are glad you chose to experience it in an Arkansas State Park!
A little preparation can bring you a lot of sec...
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